"The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection. Knowing and then there is certainty, and then there is stability, and then it can be quiet, and then it can be peaceful, and then it can be considered, and then it can be obtained. Things have their origins and ends, things have always been there, and if you know the order, you will be short-sighted......"

The loud and neat sound of reading, like the morning mist floating in the forest, washes away the dust of yesterday.

The depths of the green mountains are even more green mountains, and the Junzi Forest is on the banks of the green mountains. There is a green bamboo on the bank of the green mountain, and there is a crystal clear stream flowing at the foot of the green bamboo.

The farmland is scattered, the small bridges are flowing water, the fields are clinging, and the chickens and dogs smell each other.

When Li Congjing stood in front of this picture, he couldn't help but stop, and his eyes, which had never met all night, were exceptionally clear. He closed his eyes and opened his arms like the sound of a book on the ridge of a field.

"This is the Gentleman's Forest."

Slowly opening his eyes, Li Congjing said softly.

"Good insight." Tao Yaoyao held the water cup and stood beside Li Congjing.

The two crossed the trail and headed for the cottage. Looking at the number of houses in the village, there are only about 20 houses, which is less than a mile, and it should not be a mile of establishment. The villagers in the field or on the road saw Li Congjing and Tao Xiaoyao, and there was curiosity in their eyes, but that's all. When they meet each other, these villagers will take the initiative to salute the two.

There were no children running around on the road, and the children were all in private schools.

The private school was built on the side of a courtyard without a fence, with only one side having a wall, and the other three sides were hung with bamboo curtains. In the bamboo curtain, more than a dozen teenagers of different ages are reciting "University".

Li Congjing stopped outside the private school, and for a moment he couldn't bear to step forward to interrupt these readings. Outside the mountain, there is a rare tranquility in this small corner of the mountain.

Sitting down cross-legged, Li Congjing said softly: "I haven't listened to Mr. teach for a long time, so it's better to be a student again today." ”

Tao Yaoyao looked at Li Congjing strangely, and was speechless for a while. She found that she was becoming less and less aware of the young somewhat excessive commander of the First Army. The more you get to know him, the more you will find contradictions in him.

What kind of person is he?

Tao Yaoyao leaned on the pillar with his arms and looked up at the sky.

After a long time, Li Congjing was already sitting in the bamboo pavilion with the owner of the private school.

Sitting in front of Li Congjing was a Confucian student between the ages of forty and fifty, wearing a green robe, with a calm demeanor and clear eyes. In terms of demeanor, he does look like a gentleman.

Next to the old Confucian student, there is also a young Confucian student, who is less than a year old.

"The virtue of a gentleman, the wind. Li traveled all the way, and saw that the villagers all knew the etiquette, and the demeanor was peaceful, worry-free, and the students of the private school were full of energy and knowledge. If Mr. Wei lives in one place, he educates in one place, and he is indeed worthy of the title of a gentleman. Li Congjing said sincerely, he didn't believe that there were great talents here before, but now he began to believe a little.

The old Confucian scholar Wei Xingming is the master of this gentleman's forest, he took the teacup from the young Confucian student, handed it to Li Congjingming, and said slowly: "The Tao is not good, it will be a long time." The Tao is not feasible, and this is the world. However, since my generation is a reader, I have to live up to those sage books. ”

Li Congjing took a sip of tea, praised "good tea", and then said: "The gentleman is modest." Why should Mr. Wei be obsessed, it is better to do something than to do nothing. ”

Wei Xingming shook his head slightly, as if he was a little melancholy, "Righteous self-cultivation and Qi family rule the country and level the world, the words of the master still dare not forget." In this troubled era, when we scholars set up their lives for the people and set up their hearts for heaven and earth, Wei lived in the mountains and wilderness, and he had forgotten his roots, how could he afford the praise of the general. ”

Saying that, Wei Xingming asked again: "The general also knows the golden mean?" ”

"If you don't exaggerate and don't do extreme things, you are the mean." Li Congjing said, "If a gentleman doesn't sit in the court, Mr. is not to blame." ”

"I can't imagine that the general is also a well-read person, and it is disrespectful." Wei Xingming made a gesture and sighed, "A Taoist scholar, seeking to be alone, is to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, not to ask about the world, not to see the difficulties of the world. And I, a Confucian student, taught by Master Mengzi, do not take joining the WTO as the way and take the difficulties of the people at the dawn of the world as my own responsibility...... That's it, don't talk about this, the general's trip must have a plan, you might as well talk about it. ”

There is a group of yellow-haired young chickens in the small yard, chirping behind the hens, looking for some food in the yard, you come and I play happily. Tao Yao looked at these humble beings with interest, her face was still a lazy look that she hadn't woken up, and when the chickens stopped at her feet, she squatted down, looked at these little creatures carefully, and was silent.

"Auntie, aunt!" A girl of five or six years old ran over at some point, stood timidly beside Tao Yaoyao, and poked her arm with the tip of her finger.

Tao Xiaoyao realized that the original title of "aunt" was given to her by the clean girl in front of her, and she smiled dumbly for a while, and asked herself: Am I so old?

"What's wrong, little sister?" Tao Yaoyao asked softly.

The girl pointed her finger at Taoyao's legs, her little eyes were full of curiosity, "Auntie, it's so cold, won't it be cold when your knees are exposed?" ”

Long leather boots, short leather pants, and the upper and lower parts of the knees are indeed exposed all year round. But the conscience of heaven and earth, does this really have anything to do with cold?

Tao Yao laughed out loud.

In the pavilion, the fragrance of tea overflowed, Li Congjing handed over Chen Zhiyuan's token to Wei Xingming, and then briefly told Wei Xingming about the current situation of Liang Zishan, bowed down and asked: "Liang Zishan is in a predicament, why can Mr. teach me?" ”

Wei Xingming stroked the beard under his forehead, his brows furrowed slightly, "Liang Zishan's big boss has an old relationship with a certain person, and he is in trouble at this time, and a certain person will definitely try to save him." In the general's view, where is the core problem of Liangzishan's dilemma? ”

Li Congjing said: "Naturally, it is the reinforcement of the An Yi Army. ”

Wei Xingming pondered for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "The danger of the Anyi Army's reinforcements is not difficult to solve. ”

Wei Xingming had a way to solve the problem of reinforcements from the Anyi Army, and Li Congjing was naturally happy, so he asked, "What does that gentleman need?" ”

"What is needed?" Wei Xingming smiled slightly, "I don't need anything." ”

"Don't need anything?" Li Congjing was stunned, he rarely repeated other people's questions, which was only true when he felt particularly incredible, "Mr. is enough alone?" ”

"One person is enough." Wei Xingming smiled more and more calmly.

"One person retreats from a thousand troops, Mr. is a great talent!" Li Congjing thought to himself: Although I can take the head of the general in the chaos, but I don't dare to think of this kind of thing, you are a scholar, and you have no power to restrain the chicken, how dare you boast of such a Haikou and tease me? "But sir, can you tell me what you plan to do?"

Li Congjing felt that this Wei Xingming was too pretending, and he suddenly remembered that people in ancient times seemed to have a hobby of pretending to be ghosts, and the more he faced the problems that others were difficult to solve, the more he pretended to be forced and the more confident he became. But Li Congjing didn't want to joke with his net worth, so he had to ask more clearly.

Without waiting for Wei Xingming to answer, there was a sudden commotion in the courtyard, which was not loud, but it was enough to interrupt the conversation between Li Congjing and Wei Xingming.

The young scholar beside Wei Xingming walked out when he heard the sound, and came back after a while and reported to Wei Xingming: "Zhao Er's dog ate Wang Sheng's chicken and died. Wang Sheng asked Zhao Er to compensate for the chicken, but Zhao Er said that Wang Sheng deliberately poisoned his dog and asked him to pay for the dog. The two of them couldn't solve this matter on their own, so they came to their father to decide. ”

Wei Xingming bowed his hand to Li Congjing and said: "The trivial matters in the township, the general is smiling, and Rong will deal with one or two first." ”

Li Congjing said with a smile: "Mr. is virtuous and obedient, and if there is something in the township, he will ask Mr. to make a decision, Mr. does not have to be too humble, please." ”

The three of them came out of the house, and Zhao Er and Wang Sheng were arguing, Wang Sheng didn't say a word, but Zhao Er spoke very aggressively. Li Congjing also wanted to see if Wei Xingming was not only good at reading books and handling things properly, so he was silent.

Wei Xingming beckoned the two of them to sit down, and asked the matter from beginning to end to confirm that it was correct, so he said without hurrying: "Zhao Er, why does your dog eat Wang Sheng's chicken?" ”

"How do I know. Maybe it's because his chickens run into my field that my dog eats his chickens. Zhao Erdao.

"My chickens won't run into your field. You don't have anything in your field, how can my chickens run into your field? Wang Sheng was not convinced.

Wei Xingming stretched out his hand to stop Wang Sheng, and said solemnly: "I didn't let you speak, so don't interject." Then he said to Zhao Er: "You saw his chickens in your field?" ”

"I didn't see it, but if it wasn't, how would my dog eat his chicken? Mr. Wei, you also know that my dog is the most obedient. Zhao Er argued.

Wei Xingming shook his head: "If you don't see it with your own eyes, you can't count what you say, facts exist in your ears and eyes, not in conjecture." Ziren, you go and ask the villagers, has anyone seen Zhao Er's dog and how he ate Wang Sheng's chicken. ”

"Yes, father." Wei Ziren answered.

Wei Xingming said to Wang Sheng at this time: "It is difficult for a dog to catch up with a chicken. But your chicken was eaten by Zhao Er's dog, and Zhao Er's dog was still dead, which is unusual. Let me ask you, have you done anything to your chickens? ”

"This, Mr. Wei, how can I do something to my chickens." Wang Sheng hurriedly said.

Wei Xingming waved his hand, "Whether you have done anything or not, there is no basis for what you say." Liu Lao, if you know pharmacology, I will trouble you to go and see if the remains of chickens and dogs are poisonous in their stomachs. ”

"Okay, Mr. Wei, wait a minute." An old man in the village said.

When Li Congjing saw this, he had already nodded secretly. Wei Xingming solved this matter, asked in the order in which things happened, the logic was clear, and the judgment was not bothered by human feelings and experience, but sought evidence, and the way to do things was no problem.

Wei Xingming began to speak again, "Dogs generally can't catch chickens, but chickens are caught by dogs today; Dogs don't usually die when they eat chickens, but dogs die today. When something goes wrong, there must be a reason. The cause of this can only be man-made. Zhao Er, Wang Sheng, between the two of you, there must be an unresolved grudge. ”

Saying that, Wei Xingming began to let people understand their old feud again.

Hearing this, Li Congjing had secretly admired that this Wei Xingming was logical, acted clearly, and was a capable person. And the attitude is easy-going, the virtue is very, convincing, and it seems to be a talent. Thinking of this, Li Congjing had already secretly moved his mind in his heart.

Li Congjing went out of Zhenqimen, with Meng Ping, Li Shaocheng, Meng San and others, coupled with the training and promotion in the army, there is no shortage of generals under him, and there is no separation from the staff; But in terms of political affairs, it is much worse, and there are only two people, Zhang Ziyun and Wang Buqi, who are in charge of the town. Although the young and handsome of the four clans can also be used, Li Congjing will definitely not be limited to one county and one state in the future, and there will be a great demand for political talents, especially if they are promoted to the envoy of the Assassin History Festival in the future.

The Wei Xingming he came into contact with now undoubtedly made Li Congjing "have a great appetite", if he can really withdraw the reinforcements of the Anyi Army, then he is a military and political all-rounder. I heard that he had two sons, and if there is a son, there will be a father, and even if his son is temporarily poor, he can be cultivated.

It seems that this trip to Liangzishan is destined to gain a lot.

Thinking of this, when Li Congjing looked at Wei Xingming again, he was like the hungry dog of Zhao Er's family, and he saw the fat chicken of Wang Sheng's family.