In Yiliang County, Kunming, Yunnan, Wu Yingxiong, the prince of Pingxi and Heshuo, was ordered by Emperor Shunzhi to visit his father in the army to fight for the Qing Dynasty in the southwest. When passing through Hanzhong, he couldn't stand the request of his younger brother Wu Yingqi, so Yingxiong took him to Yunnan together.

The last time Wu Sangui saw his eldest son Wu Yingxiong was ten years after Shunzhi, and when he saw his eldest son again after five years, he was naturally overjoyed. After the father and son talked about their love for many years, Wu Sangui, who had become a grandfather, naturally asked about the two grandsons.

"The princess treats her son very well, and Shifan studies well, and Mr. often praises her." Speaking of the two sons, Wu Yingxiong looked happy, "But the second son's name has not been given, and the son wrote a letter to ask his father to name the second son, but his father led the troops to the battle, and this matter has been put on hold." The son came this time, and the princess also told him that he would ask his father to choose the name for the second child no matter what. ”

"It's your father's business to choose a name for your son, how do you want my grandfather to choose it."

Wu Sangui laughed happily, saying this in his mouth, but he wrote three big characters on the paper with a pen in his hand. Wu Yingqi looked at it, but it was the three big characters "Wu Shilin".

"Shilin?"

Wu Yingxiong read it carefully several times and was very satisfied with the name his father gave to his second son.

"I had already thought of this name, but I was afraid that you and the princess would think that I was an old man, so I kept it in my heart. I finally took it out today. ”

Wu Sangui looked at his eldest son Ying Xiong with a loving face, thinking that the eldest son had been staying in Beijing as a proton since the first year of Shunzhi, his heart was quite uncomfortable, but thinking that Ying Xiong is also a father now, and he has become the grandfather of his two grandsons, he naturally has some emotion in his heart.

"When I go back, I will go back to Beijing with my eldest brother to see my nephew Shilin, and then see if Shifan still recognizes me as an uncle, whether the princess is really the same as the eldest brother said, and loves Shifan very much."

16-year-old Wu Yingqi looks quite tall and big, compared with his eldest brother Ying Xiong, Ying Qi is quite like Sangui, looking like a military general.

The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, Wu Sangui's heart moved, put down the brush, glanced at Ying Xiong, who didn't think much about what his brother said, and said to him meaningfully: "Although Shilin was born to a princess, it is not easy for the eldest to be a princess, you must know this in your heart." In the future, you will be the one who will take the throne of Pingxi as your father. ”

Wu Yingxiong was stunned, understood what his father was referring to, and hurriedly said: "Father, don't worry, Jianning doesn't have that thought, Shifan is a son-in-law, and this will not change no matter what." ”

"That's good."

Wu Sangui nodded, thinking that he was less than 50, but thinking about the succession to the throne, he couldn't help but think a little too much, so he smiled and didn't mention it. Glancing at the appearance of the second son Ying Qi, he thought that he had been busy with the war in the past two years and had been neglecting his godson, and he didn't know how Ying Qi was studying now, so he asked him: "Because your father is not here, you are afraid that you are very happy." Tell me, what book knowledge have you and your husband learned? ”

Wu Yingqi didn't think that his father would suddenly ask him about his studies, and said with a little blush: "What can Mr. teach me, it's just some four books and five classics and the like." ”

Wu Sangui raised his eyebrows slightly: "Except for the Four Books and Five Classics, didn't Mr. teach you other books?" ”

Wu Yingxiong smiled and looked at his younger brother.

Wu Yingqi had a headache, his father knew that he was not good at studying, but he was good at arching horses, but he didn't ask him about his studies, didn't he embarrass him in front of his eldest brother. He stubbornly said: "Father, Mr. said that half of the ancients ruled the world with words, so the child thought that as long as he could read these four books and five classics well, he would not have to worry about not having the talent to govern the country and the country, and the rest, it didn't matter whether he learned or not." ”

Wu Yingxiong didn't expect that his younger brother still knew about half of the Analects governing the world, and he was really impressed by his younger brother.

Wu Sangui was also stunned, and immediately laughed and scolded: "Confused, it's really pedantic!" ”

"The father chose the child by the father, how can the father say that what the husband said is pedantic?" Wu Yingqi pouted, feeling unfair about his father's words.

Wu Sangui chuckled and asked, "You must think that your husband has read more books than my father and me, right?" ”

Wu Yingqi didn't think about it, and said as a matter of course: "Mr. is well-read, and he is proficient in poetry, books, etiquette and music, so he naturally learns more than his father." After speaking, he thought of something, and added: "This is what my father said back then." ”

Of course, Wu Sangui remembered that he said this to him when he was choosing a teacher for his second son, but he shook his head and said: "I said this, but let me ask you, if you let your husband lead the troops, do you think your husband is powerful, or is your father and me powerful?" ”

"This"

Wu Yingqi scratched his ears and didn't know how to answer.

Wu Yingxiong nodded at him with a smile: "Second brother, what's so difficult to answer here, of course our father is amazing." ”

"Oh, yes, yes, it's my father, my father is amazing!" Wu Yingqi couldn't help nodding.

Wu Sangui laughed again, and then asked Wu Yingqi: "Then do you know why your father is so powerful?" ”

Wu Yingqi shook his head and said truthfully: "My son can't tell me what the truth is. ”

Seeing that the second son didn't understand what he didn't understand, he was not hypocritical at all, and he was not forced to be a hero, Wu Sangui was very relieved in his heart, but he didn't show his face quietly.

"The two walked together for a conflict, both sides are erudite people, no one can say who, but no one refuses to admit defeat, at this time, how to distinguish the winner from the loser?"

Wu Sangui came up with a question, which was not only for the second son, but also for the eldest son.

"The child doesn't know?" Wu Yingqi was very honest, he really didn't know, he thought about it, looked at his father inquiringly, and whispered: "Do you want to ask a learned person to judge again?" ”

Wu Yingxiong was also thinking about this problem, but he couldn't help it for a while. As the younger brother said, ask one more person to judge, but if these two people don't believe in this person's judgment, how can they solve it, do they still have to ask another person to judge?

Wu Sangui's smile slowly faded, staring at his two sons, and said, "At this time, all that can solve the problem is a fist." ”

"A fist?"

Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi were both stunned, and their father's answer was a bit unbelievable.

"It's a fist, whoever has the strongest fist is the winner, and whoever says it is right. In other words, whoever is strong is the right side, and the one who loses is no matter how knowledgeable and reasonable he is, but if he can't withstand this fist, he is a loser and wrong. Do you understand this? ”

"Got it!"

Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi said in unison, no matter how amazing this answer is, but when you think about it, it is so real. Isn't the matter of this world often solved with a fist?

Wu Sangui was very satisfied with the reaction of his two sons, and this truth was his lifelong experience. Xu felt that this topic was a little heavy, and the atmosphere between father and son was a little depressing, so he eased his cheeks slightly, and asked Wu Yingqi again: "Except for the Four Books and Five Classics, have you ever secretly read other books?" ”

Wu Yingqi suddenly became nervous, he didn't know what his father's words meant, and looked at his father a little scared.

Wu Sangui laughed when he saw the expression of his second son, and then said in a harmonious voice: "What are you afraid of, when my father was a child, he also avoided the teacher and your grandfather to read other miscellaneous books." As he spoke, he pointed to his eldest son Wu Yingxiong, "Your eldest brother was often like this when he was a child." ”

Wu Yingxiong was a little embarrassed by what his father said. Wu Yingqi blushed and said, "The child has read a few other books. ”

"What book?"

"The Records of the Historian and The Art of War."

"Oh? Do you read these two books? Wu Sangui was a little surprised, he couldn't imagine that his second son, who had never liked to read, would like to read these two books.

"These two books are good, you love to read them, and you will let your husband explain them to you more when you go back." Wu Sangui laughed, picked up a yellow-skinned pear placed on the fruit plate on the table and placed it in front of the two brothers, and said to them: "Have you heard the story of Kong Rong making pears? ”

The two sons replied in unison, "I have heard of it." Wu Yingxiong added: "When my son was a child, my husband taught him several times. Wu Yingqi also nodded, indicating that he had heard his husband talk many times when he was a child.

"Hmm." Wu Sangui asked them with a smile: "Since you have heard of it, then my father asks you, if you are Kong Rong, how should you take pears?" ”

Wu Yingqi blurted out: "Of course, take the smallest!" ”

Wu Yingxiong was thinking about it seriously, he knew that his father would not suddenly ask about taking pears, and there must be something else, so he didn't answer.

Wu Sangui saw that his eldest son was pondering, so he asked him, "Ying Xiong, why don't you answer?" ”

Wu Yingxiong looked up at his father and said, "Father, the story of Kong Rong Rangli is known to passers-by. I think the father's intention to ask his son is definitely not to let his son learn Kong Rong! If so, what's the use of my father's question? It's just that the son didn't know how to do it, so he didn't answer. ”

Wu Sangui nodded with satisfaction and said approvingly: "You can think with your heart, which shows that you are thoughtful and can do great things in the future!" ”

Wu Yingxiong's face was very flat, as if he hadn't heard his father's words. Wu Sangui was even more surprised when he saw it, and couldn't help but praise and said: "Proud and unhappy, frustrated and unhappy." My son Ying Xiong really has amazing talents! ”

"Father"

Wu Yingqi saw that his father praised his brother repeatedly, but he stacked himself aside, and his mouth bulged and bulged.

"You"

Seeing the pouting face of his second son Wu Yingqi, Wu Sangui couldn't help laughing, and then said: "My son Yingqi is loyal, and his future is limitless. ”

"Thank you father for the compliment!"

Wu Yingqi saw that his father praised him, so he slowly relaxed his face and smiled. At this time, Wu Yingxiong suddenly asked his father: "According to my father's wishes, how should my son take pears?" ”

Wu Sangui did not answer the eldest son, but asked him rhetorically: "Have you been thinking about this question?" ”

Wu Yingxiong replied: "Yes! ”

Wu Sangui glanced at him with admiration before saying, "According to your father, you need to think twice before acting. (To be continued.) )