"Ah, I know that the fourth brother is from the sky, and he has the ability! I asked my second boy to come over early to help the fourth brother. Now...... The deacon of the arithmetic department just asked him to practice his hands first, and sooner or later he will be promoted. The son-in-law is also an assistant in the Ying Department, so he has no ability, so he only learned a Xiangli teaching supplementary ......"

There is an extra grass hut and wooden house in the wasteland outside Li Zhuang, in which people come and go, and it is a small bazaar where the surrounding villagers spontaneously gather. Li Zhuang now has a permanent population of more than 1,000 people, and it is said that the need for regular use is not a small number, which naturally attracts a lot of traders. Some industries in Lizhuang, such as Liulifang, leather shops, shoe shops and iron shops, also opened shops here to sell things. The hard-toed boots of the shoe shop, the belt and leather bag of the leather shop, and the jasper ink and glass products of the glaze shop have attracted many traders to rush to buy.

At this moment, the market was full of people, but she could still hear Mrs. Liu's high-pitched melon noise, regardless of the eyes of the people around her, she was talking about who was happy to herself.

"Hey, Yun Niang, I was about to talk about you......"

Although she was wearing a veil, she was still recognized by Mrs. Liu at a glance, Guan Yunniang lowered her head and turned sideways, but she still didn't avoid it.

"Your identity is different now, your mother-in-law still has to be the right person, Mrs. Liu can know a lot of children of the old man here, which kind of one do you like? By the way, our second boy hasn't gotten married yet, why don't you think about it? Fertilizer and water do not leave outsiders' fields, we are all a village now. ”

Mrs. Liu nagged for a while, so frightened that Guan Yunniang hid behind the people around her.

"Mrs. Liu, Yun Niang is still a girl who has not been out of the cabinet, why do you talk so shamelessly to others! Or is it not human!? ”

Guan Yunniang was a widow by her side, and now she was in charge of the pig farm and the shoe shop, and her heart was also high, so she scolded Mrs. Liu. Mrs. Liu shrank away with a smile, but the muttering voices of the people around her did not stop, all of them were listing the families that Guan Yunniang might marry.

Hearing the names of the cloth village owner, the mountain farm owner, and the oil merchant and rice merchant, Guan Yunniang's beautiful face covered behind the veil was also distorted, and she pinched the hand of the widow Wang and trembled, and the widow Wang hurriedly patted the back of her hand to comfort her, but saw that she seemed to have figured it out by herself, straightened her back and held her head high, and ignored these words.

"Yun Niang, this girl, is really pitiful......"

Thinking that Guan Yunniang should have married Li Shi, but by mistake, she gave up this position to her sister Guan Xuan, and Widow Wang sighed secretly.

"Ahh......h

Mrs. Liu's high-pitched voice sounded outside the bazaar again.

"Old Master Duan is back!"

There are many people from Fengtian Village in the bazaar, and I heard that this old master is Li Shi's teacher, but he has never seen it much. When they heard this, they all rushed out to look, and saw an old man riding a mule, walking towards Zhuangzi with an iron face.

"Old Master Duan, what's wrong?"

Mrs. Wang grabbed the coachman who was carrying the luggage behind her and asked.

"The old master met the county magistrate in Xunzhuo, and helped to pay tribute to the woman who was martyred in the banditry, and he was in a very bad mood."

The coachman also looked sad.

"Yang Chunke has made Xun Xun miserable......"

In the crowd, the vendors who seemed to be familiar with Xun Xun sighed and said, "Of course Yang Chun is hateful, and the officers and soldiers from Guangzhou are not much worse!" There are several martyr women who have been victimized by officers and soldiers, and as a result, they don't even get the name of the archway, and the official master doesn't dare to publicize this! ”

Another vendor hated the interface.

"Cantonese people are the most hateful!"

Somehow, the topic has drifted off...... In Yingde County, in the side hall of the back hall of the Yamen of the General Army, Zhou Ning, a guerrilla in the middle battalion of the town standard, hurriedly came in and surrendered his hand to Bai Daolong, who was upset.

"My lord, the news from the tooth man, Lord Saltai does have such a family as Zheng Qi by his side, and he was ordered to go out, so it is not clear what the specific matter is."

After listening to Zhou Ning's words, Bai Daolong's businessman-like and amiable face suddenly became so dismal that it was as if he had lost his blood.

"Jingguan is the most hateful!"

He scolded hatefully.

"Guan Fang is not wrong, it should not be fake, before the two Qin sent to travel, the newspaper mentioned that they would inspect the ban on mines."

Zhou Ning reminded carelessly, and Bai Daolong snorted coldly.

"Patrol!? If he Saltai really wants to inspect, he should write to Li Zhushou instead of me! Isn't it obvious that you want to send a family member to me directly now? Just for him, my mine has been down for a month or two! ”

Zhou Ning smiled helplessly: "But I have to deal with it after all, there are also seven-rank officials in front of the Qincha Gate." ”

Bai Daolong sighed helplessly: "That's it, I have to cut the flesh to deal with this evil dog." ”

After a while, a group of people came out of the general army's yamen, and the young man who was surrounded by everyone in the middle was hulala and shook his fan, gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Does this Bai Daolong send us away as Huazi?" Five hundred taels of silver? Eat the and go! ”

He raised his chin at the people around him: "Go find out!" Look at how many black mines he Bai Daolong has in this Yingde, and he has confirmed the evidence, and he will be asked for a thousand taels in one place! It doesn't matter if you look down on our Zheng Qi, if you look down on our master, does he want to stay in this position of the general soldier! ”

The people around him agreed with a bang, and their eyes were full of excitement and greed as they looked at each other.

Li Zhuang, the VIP room of Tingtao Tower ushered in VIPs again. Looking at the crystal clear glass, the tea leaves were scattered, the water color was getting darker, and Duan Hongshi's iron blue face gradually melted.

"Crystal glass cup...... My apprentice is really determined to become a craftsman. ”

He muttered under his breath, holding his teacup and closing his eyes to make tea.

"The old master has to wait, the general director is still in retreat."

Jia Hao hurriedly came in and said respectfully to him, Li Shi is their master, and the old master is Li Shi's master, so they should be the apprentices of the old master...... Puff...... Duan Hongshi finally sprayed tea again and retreated?

For seven days, Li Xi "retreated" in his small courtyard for seven days, except for eating, drinking, and Lazar, all of them were stuffed in the room to write and paint, and Guan Xuan was very worried. It's easy to talk about it, so I won the opportunity to give him a massage once a day, but during the massage, Li Xian kept chattering from his mouth, and then fell asleep under Guan Xuan's rhythmic pressure.

Seven days later, he found a shaver from Liu Village to shave his head that had grown out of his sideburns, and touched the money on the top of his head, Li Xian said to the shaver with misty eyes: "You can learn another hairstyle first, it shouldn't be until your son grows up." ”

Leaving the confused shaver behind, Li Xi walked out of the courtyard with a book in his pocket, and went straight to find Duan Hongshi. He knew that Duan Hongshi was back, but he didn't sort out what he thought about, so he didn't rush to see him, and Duan Hongshi also felt that his disciple was tackling a big topic, so he didn't bother him, so he stayed in the small courtyard arranged for him by Li Shi.

When Li Shi entered the door, Duan Hongshi was still observing the ups and downs of the tea leaves in the glass, and after waiting for Li Shi for three days, he was idle.

"Well, it seems that the miracle has been accomplished."

Duan Hongshi looked at Li Shi, feeling that he seemed to be a little deeper, his gaze was no longer as sharp as before, thinking that in the two months since he left, this kid had experienced so many things, and he had also made such a career as Qingtian Company, he was full of expectations for Li Shi's "retreat".

Li Shi sat down unhurriedly, glanced at the boy standing beside Duan Hongshi, who was the child he bought from the shantyman, and asked with some surprise, "Where is the maid next to the teacher?" ”

The white-clothed maid knows how to play tea and the piano, but Duan Hongshi didn't bring it back?

"Hmm...... Girls always have to get married. ”

Duan Hongshi said as he watched Li Shi's reaction.

"Oh, that's a pity."

Li Xian sighed, and Duan Hongshi raised his eyebrows.

"Look, teacher, most of your maids have studied, and they are thinking about opening a women's school in Zhuangzi, so they are worried that there is no female gentleman to teach."

When these words came out, Duan Hongshi's eyebrows fell.

"Mr. Woman...... You dare to think about it. ”

Duan Hongshi stopped farting with him, and asked bluntly: "Say, you have been thinking hard for the past few days, what results have you had?" ”

Li Shi asked rhetorically: "I remember that the teacher mentioned one before, saying that the one of the outer Confucianism and the inner law is not the one you ask for, and the disciple wants to ask, what is the one that the teacher is asking for?" ”

Seeing that Li Shi put on a posture of asking questions, Duan Hongshi was also serious, and he coughed and cleared his throat and replied: "The teacher once said that the truth is the rule, the situation is seen by the instrument, and it is not good to see through the terrain, and the momentum of the sky has not yet been understood by the teacher, so this cannot be speculated." ”

Li Xi changed his perspective and asked: "Teacher, you said that Confucianism has oneness, so what else can be one?" ”

Duan Hongshi nodded, this question was deep: "In the pre-Qin period, in addition to this Confucianism, there were also Tao, as well as ink, name, vertical and horizontal, and yin and yang. After the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, the various families were mixed, and they were gradually integrated into Confucianism, and they lost their roots, and it was difficult to inherit them, and only the Taoist family followed them. But this later Taoist returned to his original heart, did not enter the terrain, and competed with foreign Buddhas for ghosts and gods, and could no longer hold on. Speaking of which, the one obtained by Confucianism is irreplaceable! ”

He sighed slowly: "The reason why the teacher lives in this Yingde is not only because of the power of understanding the sky, but also because he has never been able to see through the dilemma of Confucianism. ”

Dilemma?

"That's right! This world has entered a predicament! ”

Duan Hongshi Huo Ran got up, with a look of indignation.

"A few days ago, I passed by Xunzhu, and I happened to meet Li Zhushou to give a plaque to the martyred woman. A woman who is robbed of her chastity and seeks to die is a teacher who does not say right or wrong. There was a little girl of thirteen or fourteen, whose parents and husband had not yet been killed, were killed by bandits, and she lived in hiding. Then her relatives came and, without saying a word, took turns pointing her to the mouth of the well and urging her to die. ”

"Her family still has a homestead ancestral house, relatives are attentive, and passers-by know it! But the little woman was lonely, and there was no one to speak for her. The neighbors and friends around her had the heart to speak, but it was difficult to speak, for fear of hindering her fame after the festival, so they watched her throw herself into the well and die! ”

He closed his eyes, as if he couldn't bear to recall the scene he saw: "Just when Li Zhushou gave the martyred woman a plaque, this scene was strange, it was those plaques that made neighbors and friends silent, and made the little woman shameless. And her relatives said in broad daylight, in full view of everyone, killing people with etiquette and religion, filling in the deep gullies of selfishness. But no one in the world has come out to cry out for injustice, and his heart and lungs are already laughing! The teacher is there! As a teacher, I looked at them as if they were crying and laughing! I can't ...... for the teacher."

He choked up a little and paused for a while before relieving.

Hearing this, even though he had seen too many tragic things in his previous life, Li Shi's heart seemed to be cracking. A thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl? Not much older than Guan Xuan, who suffered such a tragic thing at this age, I am afraid that if I go down to the underworld, the voice of shouting injustice will also make the king of Hades creepy.

Duan Hongshi continued: "The prosperity of etiquette in this dynasty is actually the corruption of Confucianism behind it, everyone knows that this matter is wrong, but people's hearts are imprisoned to such an extent, killing people with etiquette and everyone is speechless!" Coupled with the rigidity of the spell, this terrain has been tightly bound by the integration of Confucianism and law, and it is difficult to rise and fall. Asserting for the Teacher ......"

Duan Hongshi's words were like sharp blades, as if he was cutting with a knife in his own heart.

"Within a hundred years! Within a hundred years, this terrain will be stiff, rancid to the sky, then there will be unspeakable changes, I don't know what color the mountains and rivers will dye, and China will sink to nine shades! ”

Li Xi was a little out of breath, teacher, you are so right, although the time is still almost, but let this Manchu continue to rule, the land of China will be the scene you said. At that time, the grass people became fools, feng shui was more important than life, the official master became a foolish official, the "good name" of Su Wu on the sea was spread far and wide, and the court became a foolish hall and became a laughing stock in the world. Seeing foreigners as ghosts, superstition is rampant. Conservative and arrogant, arrogant and ignorant, performing all kinds of absurd, ridiculous and pathetic scenes.

"Teacher, you are wrong, this is not a dilemma......"

Li Shi spoke slowly, and Duan Hongshi froze.

"I saw another thing that I could get."

He spoke calmly, his eyes shining with a clear light, the light he had condensed.

(To be continued)