Chen Caozhi stepped on the steps, took off his socks, slowly entered the grass hall, smiled kindly, and bowed to Xu Miao first: "Did the immortals arrive yesterday?" He also bowed his hand to the Zhu brothers who were sitting side by side.

Xu Miao was overjoyed when he saw Chen Caozhi, got up and said: "Zizhong, you came just in time, these two brothers are really good at talking, and the younger brother is far behind, ashamed, ashamed." ”

Chen Caozhi didn't come, Xu Miao felt a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, although he was poor in reasoning, but he was still unwilling to admit defeat for a while, and then he saw Chen Caozhi arrive, and he suddenly felt relieved, and readily admitted that he couldn't argue with the Zhu brothers, now it's up to Chen Caozhi, on weekdays when he and Chen Caozhi, Gu Kaizhi, Liu Shangwei, and Ding Chunqiu were in Taolin Xiaozhu to distinguish and analyze righteousness, Chen Caozhi talked eloquently, and Xuan Yan kept talking and witty, Xu Miao thought that he was inferior.

Chen Caozhi sat down calmly beside Xu Miao, with his hands on his knees, sitting with his waist up, first smelling the smell of agarwood, which was the incense of the Zhu brothers five steps away, a product of agarwood was very expensive, and the fragrance was also very good, but Chen Caozhi was always a little disgusted with men's incense, not to mention that the Zhu brothers in front of him were not only incense, but also powdered, and the powder was very thick, which was better than that Hui Ji He Zhu-

The Zhu brothers and Chen Caozhi are of similar height, both are seven feet away, the two brothers sit upright, look very similar, sitting on the top should be the elder brother Zhu Yingtai, wide forehead eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, although there is a soft attitude, but on the occasion of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, men and women are not unusual, and this Zhu Yingtai powder is thick, and the average woman does not have such a high stature, so from the appearance alone, I really can't think that this Zhu Yingtai is a woman dressed as a man. It really makes Chen Caozhi confused and difficult to discern——

Chen Caozhi looked at Zhu Yingtai, Zhu Yingtai also looked at Chen Caozhi calmly, holding a jade Ruyi, rubbing and playing, with a smile on his lips, looking arrogant, he bowed his hand slightly towards Chen Caozhi, and said: "Shangyu Zhu Yingtai." ”

Zhu Yingting, who was sitting at the bottom of the head, also followed and said: "Shangyu Zhu Yingting." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "The legendary Zhu Yingtai is also a Shangyu clan. He also saluted: "Tang Chen is in charge of money." "His eyes suddenly narrowed, this Zhu Yingting is a little familiar, his eyebrows are flying obliquely, his eyes are like stars, like his brother Zhu Yingtai, heroic and fat powder are wonderfully blended, and his temperament is unique-

Chen Caozhi remembered, this Zhu Yingting was the young man who listened to him blow the flute at the Qili Bridge in Jinghe on the day he left for Qiantang in Layue last year, didn't he say that he was a friend of Huan Yi, and he came from Jiankang to listen to him play the recorder, why is he from Shangyu again?

Zhu Yingting saw Chen Caozhi's eyes and knew that Chen Caozhi recognized him, so he nodded, but didn't say anything.

Chen Caozhi saw Zhu Yingting's indifferent appearance, he naturally didn't pay attention to it, the sound of the flute at the Qili Bridge of the Jinghe River had already dissipated, what was there to ask?

Chen Caozhi said: "I just listened to a passage of the two Zhu brothers' metaphysics outside the grass hall, which is subtle and clever, which is admirable, but is Brother Xian really here to study?" ”

Zhu Yingting said: "Of course, I came to study, just because this Brother Xu despised my two brothers, and he was arguing with difficult questions, not deliberately showing off." ”

Xu Miao said: "My father is not here, and I have always been the one who writes the questions on my behalf, so why despise it." ”

Zhu Yingtai's words were sharper than his brother Zhu Yingting, and said: "Dr. Xu is not here, my brothers and sisters can wait for Dr. Xu to come back and then answer the questions and enroll, although you are the son of Dr. Xu, but it is difficult for your father to ask, you must also have that knowledge, otherwise you will be asked by scholars, wouldn't it damage the reputation of Xu's school?" ”

Xu Miao's face was red, and he was so embarrassed that he couldn't speak.

Chen Caozhi said unhurriedly: "To enter the Xu Academy, you have to answer the questions and ask difficult questions, it is nothing more than a formality, if Dr. Xu really wants to ask difficult questions, then how many people in the school can enter?" Of course, such a clever brother should come and go freely. ”

Zhu Yingtai said: "Why is this Brother Chen so sarcastic, the school's discernment is a good thing that promotes each other, how can it be said that it is a formality?" And even if my two brothers argue with Dr. Xu, will Dr. Xu, as a great Confucian of Jiangzuo, be annoyed and angry? Can't a disciple be better than a teacher? Are all the people in the Xu Academy this kind of bearing? ”

This Zhu Yingtai is really sharp-tongued, and it can't be said that what she said is unreasonable, but her words are a little mean.

Zhu Yingting said: "When the debate was just now, this Brother Xu hoped that Brother Chen Caozhi would be like a savior, presumably Brother Chen was more clever, and now that Brother Chen has arrived, how about continuing to argue?" ”

Chen Caozhi: "Brother Yingtai is reasonable, argue with each other and promote each other, don't care who wins and who loses-"

Zhu Yingtai said: "The victory or defeat is still to be calculated, the two sides argue difficult, the reasonable one wins, and the poor one loses, if it is just talking about playing, there is no victory and no defeat, a group of harmony, then what is the difficulty of arguing?" ”

Chen Caozhi smiled, this Zhu Yingtai has a keen mind, and he really has to be careful and cautious when talking to him, otherwise he will tear you into a big hole if he grabs a little flaw, and said: "That's good, I won't be shallow and ugly, and I will argue with Brother Xian." ”

Zhu Yingting said: "I'll argue with you alone, and don't say that my two brothers will join forces to make it difficult for you." ”

Chen Caozhi said with a smile: "It's just a competition for each other, and it's not a battle of will, and the debate is like a game of chess, not the strength of more people is greater." ”

Zhu Yingtai raised his eyebrows and asked, "Does Brother Chen know how to play chess?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "A glimpse of the door." ”

Zhu Yingtai said: "I am also good at this, and I have time to ask Brother Chen for a game." He turned his head to his brother and said, "Yingting, let me argue with Brother Chen." ”

Zhu Yingting was very in awe of this brother, and immediately moved his knees back half a foot, highlighting his brother Zhu Yingtai in front.

Xu Miao, who was sitting next to Chen Caozhi, also took half a step back and watched Chen Caozhi and Zhu Yingtai arguing.

Liu Shangzhi and Ding Chunqiu, who were outside the cottage, also took off their shoes and walked in at this time, sitting next to Xu Miao, faintly cheering for Chen Caozhi.

Chen Caozhi said: "I just listened to a passage of Yingtai brother's high argument below, mainly based on Wang Bi's "Lao Tzu Note" as the basis of the invention and exposition, our debate is around the "Lao Tzu" chapter 17 'success is successful, the people all call me natural' to argue, right? ”

Zhu Yingtai said: "Since Brother Zizhong heard what I just explained, then please ask Brother Zizhong to argue——"

Chen Caozhi nodded slightly, and said eloquently: "The inventor who governs people and rejuvenates people, has knowledge and insight, and drives the invention of the foot phase of things in the universe. Observing the water and getting the nature of the water can be pushed through the congestion; Looking at the valley and getting the momentum of the valley, you can push it at your discretion; Grid knows the appropriateness of physics, and the prime is also duty. If the husband understands the appropriateness of people because of the water, the weakness of their ambitions, the understanding of the people's minds, and the understanding of personnel because of the state of things, the strange idea of this position, the ambiguity of bypass, the allegory in the words and chapters, and the comparison in the name of the study, can be known as a metaphor, cannot be confirmed, and is not enough for speculation - what do you think of Yingtai? ”

Zhu Yingtai's eyes were bright, stared at Chen Caozhi, thought for a while, and said: "I naturally say that the people are the ones who say that adults know that they are not their own nature, and they are not obedient and rebellious, that is, the law and learning, adults or foolish people and do not deceive themselves, naturally, that is, the life of Mo is constant, and there is no other way, or self-sacrifice to learn, and do not consciously provide the law and learning for others as the 'godfather'. ”

Chen Caozhi: "The adult's 'I am natural', then learn to nature, create nature, go out of the heavens, man, earth, heaven, and Tao are stacked on top of each other and take the law, which shows that nature is incomparable." ”

Zhu Yingtai held the jade Ruyi in his right hand, knocked lightly on the tiger's mouth in his left hand, and said: "For example, water, Confucius saw that it was reluctant day and night, and Mencius saw that its things were inseparable. ”

Chen Caozhi nodded secretly, this Zhu Yingtai can really be described as a wonderful study and deep thought, this discussion He Yan and Wang Bi have never discussed, and said: "Fan Changyan teacher of the law of nature, every time to borrow as the truth, the beginning is not to stop Lao Tzu, its gains and losses are blunt, and the beginning is not because of the fruit or not to teach the law of nature, so the nature is also, people push as the 'godfather' and the law, the same, and the establishment of the world is divided." ”

Zhu Yingtai saw that Chen Caozhi was calm, full of energy, clear and thought-provoking, and he was also secretly admired, and was about to open his mouth to argue again, but saw a grass hall servant running over and said, "Dr. Xu is back." ”

Xu Miao got up and walked out of the cottage, Chen Caozhi said with a smile: "Brother Yingtai distinguishes and analyzes, no one has seen it before, and I am very impressed by it. ”

Zhu Yingtai likes to debate the most, and when he met Chen Caozhi today, he felt the excitement of meeting his opponent in chess, and responded: "Very good, today is a draw." ”

Zhu Yingting saw that Xu Miao went out to greet Dr. Xu, so he said, "That Brother Xu won't speak ill of my brothers in front of his father, right, if Dr. Xu doesn't accept me, what will be good?" ”

Chen Caozhi snorted slightly: "Why is this, the immortals are studious, self-respecting, and jealous, and they don't know it, Brother Yingting's words are a bit underestimated." ”

Zhu Yingting's face turned red in an instant, and the thick powder couldn't hide it, he had never been laughed at so much in front of him when he was so big-

Zhu Yingtai glared at his younger brother, got up and said, "My younger brother is young, so it's strange to be abrupt. ”

Chen Caozhi wanted to apologize so simply with Zhu Yingtai's eloquent and ruthless temperament, and sure enough, Zhu Yingtai changed his words and said: "You can't blame Brother Xu for suspecting him, this Brother Xu's previous performance was very ungraceful, and I refused to admit defeat when I was speechless." After that, he pretended to smile heartily: "Let's go and meet Dr. Xu." "Step ahead.

Zhu Yingting glared at Chen Cao angrily, flicked the sleeves of his robe, and the room was fragrant, and followed his brother out of the grass hall.

Liu Shangzhi jumped up at this time and said with a smile: "Fortunately, the face of our Xu Academy has not been swept away, this Zhu Yingtai is too powerful, and I am happy to have a son to surrender him." ”

Chen Caozhi shook his head and said: "How to talk about submission, I just barely coping with it, this person is very sharp, I am slightly inferior." What I thought in my heart was: "This Zhu Yingtai is really likely to be a woman, just now I saw his cloth socks and feet stepping on the seat, much smaller than his younger brother Zhu Yingting's feet, if it is really a woman, it is really strange, is there still a man named Liang Shanbo who will come here to study in a few days?" ”