Chapter 50: Doubtful

"Master Lai is really a god! If you are tired of living with your eldest brother for a long time, the master can come to my house, and I will do my best to entertain the master. The third child was encouraged, and his eyes were burningly invited.

"Besides, everything must pay attention to the word fate."

At the same time, in the study of Li Wen's home.

"Daddy, Daddy! Borrowing your little time, there is an important question for you? Li Wen said with his father's arm swinged.

Li Xing put down the wooden figure in his hand, threw away the formation deduction in his mind, sighed and said, "What's wrong with you?" Go ahead! At the same time, he sighed inwardly that having a curious and thoughtful son was sometimes very gratifying, but sometimes it was also a headache.

"What does it mean for a feng shui master to hurt the 'teacher's place'?" It turned out that Li Wen still remembered what Master Lai said in the afternoon.

"What the wounded master said is that there are some feng shui treasures that no one wants to disturb them, and if any feng shui master instructs others to occupy them, then the feng shui master will be devoured and killed, saying that it is for the devouring of the earth."

"And if the feng shui master shows his own feng shui tomb, if the place he occupies is indeed a treasure of feng shui, he will most likely be devoured and die, saying that it is devoured by the sky."

"Because to show others, there are also the virtues of perfecting others, and to show to oneself is only the ill-intentioned suspicion of stealing the aura of heaven and earth, of course, the risk is extremely high, so feng shui masters generally do not show feng shui to their own family."

Li Xing didn't plan to take the imperial examination, so he didn't put all his energy into the pile of old papers of the Four Books and Five Classics, and memorized the teachings of those designated sages. He reads a lot of books casually, and books on feng shui are also occasional.

"It's no wonder that feng shui masters wander around." Li Wen said suddenly.

"Do you believe the feng shui stories in the village?"

Seeing his son nodding, Li Xing said earnestly: "But in my eyes, the theory of the place where the teacher is injured may be the statement of the feng shui master who deceives himself." You think that tomb robber, I don't know how many tombs of emperors and generals have been ruined, but those are the real feng shui treasures in the mouth of feng shui masters. But I have only heard of tomb robbers who sold treasures to make a fortune, and I have never heard of tomb robbers who died violently for no reason after they succeeded. It can be seen that the feng shui master's mouth is a bit unreliable. ”

"Wen'er, you are still young, and you are most easily attracted to mysterious things. But the more mysterious things are, the more they drain your energy, but you don't get the slightest inch. So, until you're fifteen, you're not allowed to indulge in this kind of stuff. Lay a good cultural foundation first, and then talk about it when you have spare strength. Li Xing did not forget to warn his son.

The next afternoon, at the same time, Master Lai followed Li Shifu and came out to give benefits to the children under the age of ten in the village. According to the master, good deeds should not be done too lonely, and they should be done at least three times, so as to show sincerity, so that the village children can enjoy such benefits three times.

The situation is not much different from yesterday, and Li Wen is still holding Wangcai and watching from the sidelines.

"This little friend, are you still confused?" After the end of this time, it was Master Lai who asked Li Wen first.

The master had already learned through Li Shifu that the only village boy who raised questions yesterday knew that the other party had a very good father, and the maverick Li Wen also aroused the master's interest.

"Of course!" Li Wen was also not polite, and said what his father said last night.

"Huh!" After hearing this, Master Lai smiled and said: "How can a tomb robber talk to a feng shui master on the same day, when the tomb robber starts, the heaven and earth aura of the treasure cave has already been grabbed by people, but the feng shui master wants to steal the heavenly opportunity." It's like riding a horse in a training uniform, of course, but if you want to ride a fierce wild horse, you will have to suffer a little. ”

"But you feng shui masters can exchange feng shui with each other, so isn't it a violation?"

"The idea of the little friends is peculiar and ingenious, but if you want to deny a doctrine, you must first understand its doctrine. After you have read the three books "The Book of Burial", "The Book of Shaking the Dragon", and "The Instructions of the Son of Geography", how about we debate again? If you haven't read it, you don't need to bother with it, for those who believe there are, and those who don't believe don't. ”

The idea of looking at feng shui between feng shui masters was really thought up by Li Wen himself, but in the master's heart, what Li Wen said should be all his father's thoughts.

When the master asked Li Wen to read those three books, there was a part of what he wanted to say to Li Xing: Even if the current feng shui theory is full of flaws, which theory has no flaws. If you haven't even read these basic theories of Feng Shui, because the Tao is different and you don't conspire, and you don't know anything and just talk nonsense based on your feelings, I don't bother to defend you.

Li Wen really hadn't read those books, and although he could feel some flaws in Feng Shui, he really couldn't even talk about understanding, so he had nothing to say. He didn't think deeply about the word "little friend's family" in Master Lai's mouth.

That night, Li Wen had to disturb Li Xing, who was anxious again.

"Daddy! Father! Can you tell me about the three books "The Book of Burial" (Jin, written by Guo Pu), "The Book of Shaking the Dragon" (written by Yang Yunsong at the end of the Tang Dynasty), and "The Instructions of the Geographical Son of Man" (Ming, written by Xu Shanji)? ”

Li Xing was very patient with this son, and in order to satisfy his son's desire for knowledge, he put down his work without saying a word and flipped out a book in several large bookcases.

"This is the Book of Burials" Li Xing spread a thin book on the table and said: "The author of the book is Guo Pu of the Jin Dynasty, who is known as the originator of feng shui, but was killed for hindering Wang Dun's rebellion. ”

"The mourner, the hidden, the angry life, the yin and yang of the husband, the wind is the wind, the rise is the cloud, the rain is the rain, and the walk in the earth is the life."

"That's the opening sentence, the rest is more difficult to understand, I've read it a few times, but I haven't bothered to study it."

"If I read this book by heart, can I also become a great feng shui master?" Although Li Wen still has doubts about feng shui, listening to those feng shui stories and seeing Master Lai's carefree and respected demeanor, he is still a little fascinated by the profession of feng shui master.

"It's not me who hits you, even if you are familiar with the back of the book, you are just a layman."

"Why?"

"Because the knowledge of feng shui is the same as traditional Chinese medicine, the word 'practice' is the most important."

"Practice?"

"For example, I tell you now, when you go to the county seat, you first go straight south from the avenue in the ruins, after crossing a few mountains, you will turn left when you encounter a crossroads, then you will turn right when you go about five miles and then you will encounter a crossroads, and then you will go straight without turning at the intersection next to a big banyan tree. In this way, I have more than a dozen forks in the road along the way, and it is not impossible for you to remember them one by one, but it is tiring and easy to forget. If I take you on a trip three or more times in person, won't you be able to easily recognize the road and remember it? ”

"Also, whoever asks me to tell me how my grandfather's house went, it is a lot more verbose, and it may not be clear and clear, let alone remember. I might as well take him on a walk myself, it's simple and easy to remember. Li Wenshen nodded approvingly.

That's right, that's the value of practice. The book is just a lantern in your hand. Having a lantern is just a good walk. The road still depends on us to walk out step by step. Li Xing took the opportunity to guide his son earnestly.

"There's never anything you can get to the other side. It's not that you can become a commander if you are familiar with "The Art of War"; Familiar with the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing" will become a famous doctor in the world. To reach the other side, we must go through hardships, we have to walk step by step, to understand, to improve! ”

"The most important thing is not the result, but the process, and life is like this."

"Wen'er, no matter whether you succeed or fail, rich or poor, you must not be arrogant or discouraged, neither humble nor arrogant, because the end of a person will be death. Therefore, don't give up on a bad life, and be calm if you can't be indifferent. You don't have to be complacent about a good life, and you can't be detached. ”

"Brother Xing! How can we solve the problem of bow and arrow training? Suddenly, the hunter Sun Zhengtang pushed the door in a hurry, interrupting the conversation between the two fathers and sons

According to the assumptions of Li Xing and Chen Chao, the actual training work in the future will be undertaken by the hunters in the township, and the two of them will only play the role of commander-in-chief in grasping the direction, testing the results, and supervising the inspection. Because the hunters are unemployed, but have a certain foundation in martial arts, it is most suitable for them to be paid instructors. The training of township soldiers is not an overnight thing, and Li and Chen must be liberated to do some irreplaceable and more important work.

According to Li Xing's battle formation system, bows and arrows are an important means of killing the enemy. Tomorrow is the official training day of the township soldiers, but the bow and arrow have not been found, which makes Sun Zhengtang, the chief person in charge of the training, anxious. Tonight, while there was some spare time, Sun Zhengtang came to Li Xing's house to discuss.

"Bows and arrows are strictly controlled by the government, and Chen Chao and I are worried about this matter. I can't say that I have to take this risk, and I get it from abnormal channels. Fortunately, we often run the tea horse plank road, and there are still a few acquaintances in some key positions. Tang Ke came suddenly, and the township affairs were important, Li Xing had to stop teaching his son and follow Sun Zhengtang to discuss.

"It's much more reassuring in this way, it's easy to do everything these days." Sun Zhengtang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, anything difficult or even illegal, as long as there are people. Alas, such a worldly favor, do you say it is good or bad? ”

"Of course, it is good for a very small number of people who have the ability and connections, but it is to suffer ordinary people."

"Wen'er, you go out first, I'll discuss something with your uncle Sun here." Li Xing glanced at his son, who was in deep thought, and commanded.

Li Wen responded and walked to the door of the room in deep thought, and just crossed the threshold, he suddenly figured out some questions and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Wen'er, what are you laughing at?" Li Xing asked.

"Dad, it's nothing, I suddenly figured out what Feng Shui is! Tomorrow I'll see how Master Nalai answers. ”

"Since a feng shui master came to the village, this kid has become fascinated by feng shui. Ignore him in the main hall and we will continue to discuss the training. Li Xing didn't take his son's words to heart, and pulled Sun Zhengtang, who had a different color on his face, and said.

The next day, similar to the previous two times, Li Wen looked at Master Lai again in some excited anticipation and talked to him.

"Master, I finally figured out what Feng Shui is all about." Li Wen said excitedly.

"Oh! What new ideas do you guys have, but let's hear them! "What is Feng Shui that even he can't fully figure out, this kid is ashamed to make it clear, could it be that his father had a whimsical idea last night?