The son was silent, and the strange force was confused.

This is a word that everyone who has read the Analects knows.

Confucius disagrees with people who comment on death, he once said, "You don't know life, you don't know death", which can be seen from this.

It's just that in this place now, in the bustling Temple of Confucius, there is an image of Confucius, but the street separated by only one wall is full of draperies such as "one hexagram counts everything" and the like. This has to be said to be a great irony.

What's even more ironic is that the scholars and scholars who have prayed in the Confucian Temple will come straight here to take a look, find a favorite stall, throw down a few copper coins, or shake lots, or throw money, or batch eight characters, or touch the bones to see the face, all kinds of renovated pattern articles, after all, to ask about the future.

Confucianism has begged, come here to ask again, I don't know if after asking the hexagram here, whether you have to go to the temple in the distant mountains outside the city to ask for a request in front of the Buddha.

"Most people do this, but generally speaking, they will worship incense on the first or fifteenth day of the new year, and there are very few people who go back on these days." Liu Zhengqing listened to Chu Feng's question and explained with a smile.

Chu Feng was slightly stunned, a little unacceptable.

Liu Zhengqing looked at his expression, the smile on his face became more and more cheerful, and he stroked his palms and smiled: "Why, there is finally one thing that you don't know, Brother Chu!" Won't you people of the Northland do the same? ”

Chu Feng thought about his former classmates, nodded and said: "There must be a blessing before the exam, worship in the Temple of Literature, or go to the temple to ask for it, but the three families of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism eat all, it's really ...... Since you believe in this kind of thing, and worship so indiscriminately, aren't you afraid that the immortals of the three families will be 'jealous'? ”

"Haha!" Liu Zhengqing had never heard such remarks, so he couldn't help laughing before he said, "Brother Chu's words are interesting, but you can't let these people hear them, otherwise you will definitely be glaring at you." ”

He shook his head and said, "Zi Bu is strange and confused, everyone is a person from Confucianism, in fact, how many people really believe in these things?" The reason why I am now walking the streets and alleys to worship and ask for divination, where is really asking for high school, to put it bluntly, I just want a little peace of mind. Actually, I'm the same, if I don't come out today, I'm afraid it will be even more uncomfortable at home. I can't read a book, and I have fun and I care about it, and all kinds of discomfort are really fatal. Rather than that, come here and find something to do. Even queuing can pass the time, isn't it? And there are the same people all around, with the same thoughts, looking at the anxiety and apprehension on their faces, I don't feel how different I am. To put it bluntly, I came here just to seek common ground. ”

When Liu Zhengqing said this, occasionally some familiar people would come forward to say hello, shout and ask for warmth, and say some auspicious words such as "Brother Liu is talented, this time it must be the title of the gold list". Liu Zhengqing responded one by one with a smile, and also said something that suited the situation, you come and go, but you can also exchange for a spring and Jingming.

The inside and outside of the wall are full of liveliness, in such a spring and light, look against the light, and what comes into your eyes is the scenery of the aperture. The wide sleeves of the scholars swayed in the sun, and the folding fans in their hands opened or closed to point to the country, but in the silhouette on the side of the face, the pursed lips occasionally revealed nervousness, but there were also passionate words in the scolding Fang Xuan vaguely drifted in the spring breeze, and only sprinkled a little taste that only belonged to youth.

At this time, the elderly scholar will look at it coldly, or squeeze a sneer out of his face and heart. Such youth, after all, is used to be broken, and it will not be a pity.

Liu Zhengqing himself has passed the age of dustlessness, but he still has the pride of a scholar in his heart. Although there is no need to make any proud appearance in front of these people, he has ninety percent confidence in his heart, so in the crowd, he finally revealed a bit of a different temperament.

As for Chu Feng, he was originally a passerby, but he looked at all this in front of him curiously, and remembered a sentence in admiration - a thousand autumns and an inch of heart.

This inch of heart is not only Tang poetry and Song lyrics, nor is it just Mr. Zhou Ruchang's red scholarship. Just like the scene in front of me, the reading exam, known as the imperial examination in ancient times, and later for further education, what the students are embracing is actually an inch of "my life is up to me, not to the sky".

A thousand autumns and an inch of heart, it turns out that this place is also like this.

"Actually, it's all some deceptive things," Liu Zhengqing looked at Chu Feng's curious gaze and explained with a low smile, "You see that the stall with the most in this family is surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside every year, why?" Just because the top of the list the year before last was counted here once, and I was signed, and sure enough, I won, so more and more people are spending a lot of money here, but in fact, it's just a matter of asking for a lip service. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Zhengqing squeezed his eyes at Chu Feng, and his voice was even lowered: "This stall owner is a smart person, you see that in his lottery holder, there are only two kinds of signing, signing and winning lots, and there is no signing at all." ”

Chu Feng was puzzled when he heard this, and asked curiously: "Then what if someone wins the lottery but does not pass the exam...... The next year, he was still here, so he wasn't afraid that someone would come and open his stall? ”

"Of course not!" Liu Zhengqing said excitedly, "Think about it, if you really didn't win, who would be embarrassed to run to such a place and jump up and down?" Wouldn't that be a great way to publicize your own scandals? Speaking of this, Liu Zhengqing shook his head, half smiled and half sighed, "Readers, the most important thing is just a face, and it is useless in the end." ”

The two of them said as they walked, and at this time, they had already bypassed the crowd on the inner and outer three floors, and walked to the far clean place.

Chu Feng was thinking about those "scholars" and "face" and the like, when he suddenly heard a few noises ringing in his ears.

"Why do you Taoist priest talk like that! Don't you know the rules! A scholar with a blue face glared at a young Taoist priest with hatred, grabbing the Taoist priest's collar with his right hand.

"You give money, and I approve faces. The black clouds of your Yintang are not condensed or dispersed, and the sunken cheeks can't hold the glory, I said that you will not be able to do this, what's the problem? The young Taoist priest is not easy to bully, at this time, he raised his eyebrows and waved his big sleeves, which pushed the scholar to stumble.

The young Taoist priest looked at the scholar's pale face and sneered twice, and said loudly: "If you can win it today, I, Bai Yanfeng, will give up this crown and go to the door of your mansion to strip off your clothes and give you eight hundred rings!" Everyone who is passing by will also help me testify to this! When the time comes, let's see if I am a wasted person in Longhu Mountain! ”

――Did you eat rice balls yesterday~O(∩_∩)O