After dinner, at about eight o'clock in the evening, Xiao went to the residence of Li Qi.

Originally, he was going to go to Qinrenfang's own mansion immediately to think about it behind closed doors, but it was getting late, and secondly, Xiao Quai's request to find out the traitor and bring the recruited Chang'an rangers back to Qinrenfang. Li Longji agreed without much thought, so Xiao Qu was sick and could stay in Huaqing Palace for another night.

"Teacher......" Li Qi already knew what happened in the afternoon at this time, and he was a little speechless.

"Now you know why I'm asking that question, right?" Xiao Quzhi smiled: "Then did you ask clearly?" ”

Xiao Qi asked, Li Jingzhong said that he accidentally met Bian Lingcheng on the road, the two talked while walking, and talked about Xiao Qi as they talked, and then Bian Lingcheng asked Daddy how long he hadn't come to see Xiao Qi...... In the end, Daddy thought that he would have nothing to do, so he came. ”

"That's right, Ling Cheng has a grudge against me over there, and he is now being bribed by Li Linfu to frame me!"

"It's Xiao Qi who has affected Master."

In the dim candlelight, Li Qi's young and handsome face showed an expression of guilt and embarrassment for the first time.

Xiao Quzhi patted him on the shoulder: "What's your business, they hurt me, no matter what I do, they will hurt me." Even if I don't meet you, they can frame me in other ways. If you say that it is involved, but I am involved with the people around me, and if they want to harm me, I will attack the people around me, are you afraid? ”

Hearing Xiao Qu's illness, Li Qi's heart relaxed a lot, and he said solemnly: "Xiao Qi is not afraid." Xiao Qi just couldn't figure it out. ”

"Can't figure out what?"

Li Qi looked outside and listened to the movement, Xiao Quzhi smiled and said, "There is no one within a radius of fifteen zhang." ”

Li Qi whispered: "Xiao Qi can't figure out that Li Linfu is a honey-bellied sword is a sinister villain, and he has framed countless people, so doesn't the imperial grandfather know?" Why didn't Master explain it to Grandpa Huang? ”

Xiao Quzhi sighed, and said in his heart that this child is really very simple. In the previous time and space, Li Qi discovered that Li Linfu and Zhang Liangdi, who had always been loyal and respectful, showed their treacherous faces, and were embarrassed to murder him and his brother Li Li, the king of Guangping. Then he was stunned and ran to tell Li Heng how the two of them were bad, and in the end they were killed by the two.

"Where in this world is things so simple." Xiao Quzhi said with a smile: "Li Linfu's personality, as well as the evil things he did, maybe Your Majesty didn't know much at first, but after so many years, how could Your Majesty not know that he is so smart." Speaking of today's incident, he actually knew very clearly that Li Linfu framed me, and I was wronged, but he did not punish Li Linfu, but punished me. ”

"Why is that?"

"Because His Majesty thinks that Li Linfu is loyal enough and safe enough to him, and thinks that I am inferior to Li Linfu in these two points."

"Xiao Qi doesn't think so, then Li Linfu is selfish and everything is for himself, if he can talk about loyalty to the monarch; He harmed the country and the people, and ruined the security of the dynasty. Xiao Qi thought that in these two points, the master would be hundreds of times better than him! ”

Xiao Quzhi nodded, he saw the nature of the traitor and the danger to Li Qi very clearly, but he still saw things very simply. Xiao Qubing thought about it for a while, and decided to give two examples, and explain to him in detail the mentality of the superior and the mentality of the pretender in response to the two mistakes he made in another time and space.

"I'll give you two stories." Xiao Quzhi looked at his simple-minded disciple, and said slowly: "For example, in a mountain, there is a big insect (that is, a tiger, the grandfather of Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, is called Li Hu, so the Tang Dynasty avoided the tiger character, and because Li Shimin later even avoided the character of the people, for example, Liu Zongyuan's prose snake catcher said that the last sentence "the person who watches the people's wind" is actually "the person who watches the people's style") rules all animals.

This big insect has been managing the whole mountain for many years, and one day it suddenly gets tired of the busy life of the day and wants to live a life of easy fun. At this time, the only ones who could help him temporarily manage the animals on the mountain were foxes and leopards. Among them, the fox has a bad character, has done a lot of bad things, and holds grudges for many animals; The leopard has a good character and does a lot of good things, and all the animals love it. Which do you think the big worm will choose? ”

Li Qi thought for a long time: "If I were that big worm, I would definitely choose a leopard." ”

Xiao Quzhi smiled and shook his head: "It will choose the fox." Because the leopard has prestige, ability and is so liked by animals, if all the affairs on the mountain are left to the leopard. Then it won't be long before the animals in the mountains will only know the leopard and not the big worm, and the leopard will probably replace the big worm as the king of the mountain.

On the contrary, choosing a fox will not have this problem, animals don't like foxes, and foxes have no way to replace the big insect as the new king of the mountain. And the big worm also has to help the fox suppress the leopard, so that the leopard only has one breath left and the fox does not let the fox kill it. This allows the fox to manage the animals well without posing a threat to the large insects. Because the leopard is still an opponent, and other animals don't like foxes, foxes can only rely on big insects to fight leopards and other animals. ”

Xiao Quzhi looked a little stunned, and Li Qi asked with a smile, "Do you understand?" ”

Li Qi had a sad face: "I don't understand very well." ”

Xiao Quzhi said: "If you don't understand, just keep it and think slowly, now I'll tell you a simple one." There was a man who wanted to enter the mountain gate to become a monk, and the abbot told him, "How to be a monk, you can't lie, you can't steal, you can't commit adultery...... The man listened attentively and did not speak. Finally the abbot preached that you should not kill or eat meat, and then the man cried out, 'Abbot, I have never eaten meat when I have grown so old. Then the abbot said, "You are very good, very Buddha-like." ”

Li Qi tilted his head, looked straight at Xiao Quai, and asked puzzledly, "What else?" ”

Xiao Quzhi said: "Also, after that person said this, he also said a word in his heart. He said, 'Actually, the reason why I haven't eaten meat is not because I don't want to eat it, but because my family is too poor to eat meat, in fact, I want to eat meat every day!' ’”

"Haha......" Li Qi thought it was very funny and laughed out loud.

"Don't laugh." Xiao Quzhi said: "This is actually talking about a certain type of people, this kind of people generally have a relatively low background and status, and have been snubbed and bullied a lot since childhood. Before they gain power, they will pretend to be very loyal and humble, kind to others, and look like a bodhisattva with compassion for others. In fact, they especially wanted to do evil in their hearts, especially wanted to take revenge on the people who had bullied him, but they didn't have the ability at that time, so they could only pretend to be loyal, such as Li Jingzhong next to your father. According to the master, if Li Jingzhong can gain power one day, he will be a hundred times worse than Li Linfu! ”

Li Qi's eyes widened suddenly, Li Jingzhong was the eunuch of his father Li Heng's most confidant, and in his opinion, he was almost a loyal and honest person. Although he is not a monk, he eats fasting and recites Buddha every day, always holding a pair of prayer beads in his hand, and burns incense to worship Buddha in the morning and evening. And he is very humble and polite to everyone, even if someone despises and bullies him, he still greets that person with a smile, how can he become the worst person in the eyes of the master?

He said in disbelief: "Master, I don't think Li Jingzhong is like you said. ”

Xiao Quzhi said with a determined face: "I believe in Master, there will be no mistake, he is such a person!" You should have read the historical record "The Family of Taigong Qi" about Duke Qi Huan. Qi Huangong's three favorites in his later years, Kaifang's father died and did not go back to the funeral and stayed in Qi to accompany Qi Huangong; If he is castrated, he will also enter the palace to serve Duke Qi Huan; Yi Ya killed his young son to curry favor with Qi Huangong, and what these three people did was against common sense and human nature.

As Guan Zhong said, the three of them don't even love their parents, themselves, and their children, so how can they love others? Didn't the three of them make a mess later? Li Jingzhong is the same, he lowers himself to the dust, and humbles all people to the extreme, which is also unreasonable and humane.

It is normal for people to belittle him, and that person will have resentment in his heart, and Li Jingzhong is also an exception. The way he is now is only because he knows that he has no ability to take revenge on the other party, so he chooses to forbear and look for opportunities. And because of this, this kind of talent is very scary! ”

Xiao Quzhi said very surely, in addition to his own opinions, in the original time and space, the actions of Li Jingzhong (later Li Fuguo) in history have proved that he is a treacherous villain who does all kinds of evil and has a particularly strong sense of revenge.

Li Qi thought about it carefully and felt that what Xiao Qubing said was indeed very reasonable. But for a while, many things were still a little unacceptable, and he felt that after a conversation with the master, the world he saw was completely turned upside down. He didn't know that it was, but it was this conversation that inspired him and changed his fate forever.