By daybreak the rain had stopped, and by noon everyone had already arrived. Xiangyang's Pang Degong and Liu Biao's second son Liu Cong came, in previous years, Liu Qi came to congratulate Liu Biao on behalf of Liu Biao, during this time Liu Qi was busy raising soldiers and grain and grass, and had no time to come, so Liu Cong came to congratulate Mr. Shuijing on behalf of Liu Biao.

Before the birthday banquet began, Liu Ye and Yang Yiqin performed a song together, and then Ma Hong stood up to recite the birthday message for the teacher on behalf of the disciples.

Jin Se gratuitously fifty strings, one string and one pillar Si Hua Nian.

The five elements of the jade piano add civil and martial arts, and play the wind and clouds with seven strings.

Ten thousand trees are only for a spring green, and the Beidou Taishan is cloudy.

Skillfully borrowed the piano and the song to congratulate the teacher on his longevity.

Poetry is not in beauty, but in the heart. After listening to Ma Hong's poems, Mr. Shui Jing smiled in his heart. The fifty strings of Jinse and the seven strings of Yuqin add up to his age. Before the age of fifty, he was still running in the world, and he helped Wang Yun to help Han, and after the age of fifty, he escaped into the wild mountains, collected seven disciples, selected one article and one martial arts, and the literati passed the book, and the martial arts passed the sword. Teach him the method of stirring up the wind and clouds, to light up this troubled world, and bring life to it. [Note: The piano has five strings, which represent gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and then add two strings, one text and one martial arts. Hey, with the help of Li Shangyin's Jin Se beginning, it looks inevitable that there will be some anticlimactic tails, but this is also my level, don't blame book friends. 】

Mr. Shuijing's past, except for the six sons of Shuijing who were present and Li Ru, who could not be present, only Pang Degong knew about it.

After the birthday banquet began, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong played the pipa to help the wine, but there was no musician and singer in Shuijing Villa, so they could only let these students play music as musicians.

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Cong and Ma Hong shared a drink, and said with a smile: "Brother, the peach blossoms in Yicheng are about to bloom!" ”

Ma Hong sighed and asked with a smile: "Xiao Cong still remembers the peach blossoms in Yicheng?" ”

"Of course I remember, I still remember that brother, you boiled peach blossom soup very deliciously."

Liu Cong smiled, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he held the wine jar in one hand to serve wine for Ma Hongman.

Ma Hong smiled slightly and clinked glasses with Liu Cong, Liu Cong is two years younger than him, and he is fifteen years old this year, smart and clever, and looks more like Liu Biao, which is deeply liked by Liu Biao. Compared with Liu Cong, Ma Hong prefers Liu Qi, this like has two points, one is that Liu Qi is the eldest son and the most suitable heir to Liu Biao, and the second is that Liu Qi is not as smart as Liu Cong.

The day after the birthday banquet, Liu Cong and the others left one after another, only Jia Ru said that he wanted to stay in Shuijing Villa for a while.

On the second night, Mr. Shui Jing asked Ma Hong to go to him alone. When Ma Hong arrived, he found that Zhuge Liang was also there, and after Ma Hong saluted the teacher, he knelt in a row with Zhuge Liang.

"Plot to break the sword, can you still use it?"

Mr. Shui Jing didn't even play with the stones or eat this time, but sat in a regular manner, it seems that the food he ate at yesterday's birthday banquet has not been digested.

Ma Hong nodded.

Mr. Shui Jing hummed, picked up a book on the case, and handed it to Zhuge Liang with both hands, Zhuge Liang quickly took the book with both hands.

"The book and the sword have been passed down to you both. Do you understand what that means? Mr. Shui Jing asked.

Ma Hong nodded, and Zhuge Liang shook his head.

"Choose a good lord and assist him to restore the Han family, this is your task."

"It is my heart's wish to choose a good lord and restore the Han family. But teacher, will you interfere with my choice of master? ”

Zhuge Liang held the book in both hands and looked at Mr. Shui Jing, feeling uncomfortable, is it a task? Teacher, what are you supposed to do with us? Do you want us to inherit your ideals? If the assignment contradicts my heart's desire, I will not accept the book.

"That's your own choice, the teacher won't interfere, but you must serve the lord surnamed Liu." After Mr. Shui Jing answered Zhuge Liang's words, he turned to ask Ma Hong: "What about you?" ”

Ma Hong threw his hand to the ground, his head slowly fell to the ground, and said, "Teacher Hui, Hong is doing the work of recovering the Han Dynasty now." ”

"You chose Liu Qi, do you think that with Liu Qi's talent, he is a person who can achieve great things?"

Ma Hong listened to the teacher's words, buried his head in the ground, and said slowly: "Definitely." ”

"Then why do you choose Liu Qi, in my opinion, Liu Cong is also more suitable than him."

"What the teacher thinks is at odds with the student."

"Oh?"

"What the teacher wants is for us to assist a person surnamed Liu Mingjun and restore the Han family, but now His Majesty the Emperor is still there. The students assisted Liu Qi, just hoping that one day they could wave the Central Plains, welcome back His Majesty, and restore the Han family with the old capital, instead of choosing another master and creating war again. The world has been suffering for a long time, and the people's livelihood has accumulated grievances, and it is no longer worth tossing. ”

Ma Hong raised his head and looked directly into Mr. Shuijing's eyes, if you want a reason, I will give you this reason, I see how you can refute me, my teacher.

Mr. Shui Jing was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "I know the intentions of the two of you, so let's step back for the time being!" ”

Spring in the south has always been rainy and everything is wet. After Ma Hong and Zhuge Liang walked out of the house, it rained again in the sky. The two glanced at each other, Ma Hong looked at the feather fan in Zhuge Liang's hand, stretched out his hand and waved it twice, then handed it to Zhuge Liang and said, "Holding a feather fan is much more elegant than holding a bamboo pole." ”

Zhuge Liang walked into the rain with a feather fan and Ma Hong, and said slowly: "Senior brother, I worship Mr. Shuijing as a teacher, I am studying, not aspiring, if the teacher asks me to assist Liu Biao, I will definitely not agree." ”

"I understand the thoughts of the junior and the disciple, the teacher, preach and teach, and solve doubts, not determine the life path of the student."

Ma Hong smiled slightly and said: "We have already understood the thoughts of the junior brother, but I don't know which hero in this world, which heroic junior brother can you see?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly: "It's dark, this dark night will last for a long, long time, if you stay by the candle, the candle will always burn out, it is better to look up and wait for the bright moon to rise." ”

Ma Hong said: "Where to find the bright moon?" ”

Zhuge Liang pointed to the sky with his index finger and said with a slight smile: "The bright moon is in the sky, you don't need to look for it, just wait patiently, the moonlight will be sprinkled on your body sooner or later." ”

Ma Hong smiled: "That's true, the moonlight has already shone on you." ”

Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment and then asked, "Which moonlight?" ”

Ma Hong said: "Isn't Huang Yueying, the daughter of Mr. Huang in Xiangyang, a bright moonlight?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan and said, "It's really bright." ”

After dawn, Ma Hong returned to Xiangyang, last night Ma Hong thought that Mr. Shui Jing would hand over the secret power and intelligence network of the Pivotal Gate to him, but he didn't, Li Ru once revealed that when the Pivotal Sword Disciple entered the world, he would get the support of the Pivotal Gate. And Ma Hong didn't receive anything except a sharp sword for plotting. Ma Hong also understands that last night bluntly refuted the teacher, the teacher must have been shocked, the teacher must have wondered if he really wants to assist Han, if he welcomes back His Majesty from Cao Cao's hands according to what he said, will he also be like Cao Cao, blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes. Now that he is assisting Liu Qi, if he doesn't have the heart to go north, what should he do?

However, if he accepts the teacher's secret power, it will be difficult to predict whether he will control the secret power or be monitored and controlled by the secret power. Because the teacher is ambitious, and the heart is in Han.

Ma Hong offered advice to Liu Qi, asking for more grain and grass, and less soldiers. When Liu Qi asked Ma Hong how many soldiers and horses he wanted, Ma Hong said that only 200 people would be enough, although Liu Qi was surprised, but he still asked Liu Biao for 200 soldiers according to Ma Hong's request. When Liu Qi asked him how much grain and grass he needed, Ma Hong said 10,000 stone of grain and grass. In the end, Liu Biao allocated 200 soldiers and 5,000 stone grain and grass to Liu Qi. Ma Hong asked Xi Zhen, Kuai Yue and the second brother Ma Yun to raise 5,000 stones of grain and grass together.

[In the preface to the Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Biography of Yimin, hermits are divided into six types:

1. Seclusion in pursuit of his ambition

2. Avoid all the ways

3. Calm yourself to calm your restlessness

Fourth, go to danger in order to be safe

Fifth, the vulgar to move its generalization

Sixth, the fetish to stimulate its clearing

So which type does Mr. Shui Jing belong to? Are you interested in answering? 】