Liu Xiu was worried, several people strode in from outside, Xiahou Yuan was just about to step forward to ask, but Liu Xiu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly greeted him, and Lao Yuan laughed from the bottom of his heart. I was worried that no one would support the opening, so I sent one in a hurry.

"Deran, your hall is so magnificent." Zhang Ming walked over with laughter, looked around, and praised loudly: "Generous, generous, I didn't expect you to have such an industry in less than half a year after you arrived in Luoyang." ”

Liu Xiu smiled slightly, led Zhang Ming to the second floor, looked around, and finally led to the high platform in the center, and said with some smugness: "Zhang Envoy, how is my place?" ”

"Okay, okay." Zhang Ming nodded again and again, turning back and forth around the Taiji diagram in the center, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that it made sense: "This diagram is good, simple and clear, but it is deeply rooted in the three flavors of the Tao." With this picture, it is also called Tai Chi Dao Hall. ”

Liu Xiu laughed, led Zhang Ming to the side and sat down, asked a few words about the situation after saying goodbye, and finally asked: "Zhang Envoy has long said that he will come to Luoyang, why is it a few months late, let me wait." ”

Zhang Ming smiled but didn't answer, pointed to the high platform in the center and said, "How about you lend me this treasure land?" ”

Liu Xiuzhong was in his arms, but asked quietly: "What is the use of Zhang Envoy?" ”

"Preach." Zhang Ming looked directly at Liu Xiu and said frankly: "My mission to Luoyang this time is to preach in Luoyang, spread the morality of my Taiping Dao to the people of Luoyang, of course, the most important thing is to spread it to the powerful, so as to seek peace for the common people in the world." ”

"My master is now an envoy of God." Yang Feng suddenly interjected.

"Really?" Liu Xiu hurriedly arched his hand: "Hexi Zhang envoy, oh no, it should be a divine envoy." ”

"This is a matter in my Taiping Dao, so I won't tell you, please don't blame Deran, you still call me Zhang Envoy as usual, listen kind." Zhang Ming smiled reservedly and continued the topic just now: "I want to borrow your Tai Chi Taoist Hall to preach, do you think it's okay?" ”

"If Zhang wants to use it, then what's not to do." Liu Xiu straightened his waist and said seriously: "However, there is one thing I want to tell you first, this Tai Chi Dao Hall is not mine alone, so ......"

Zhang Ming frowned, a little unhappy, but quickly regained his composure: "I won't embarrass you, how much it costs, you just say it." ”

Liu Xiu was a little surprised, it seems that the people in Taiping Dao are really rich, you see how big this tone is. I can earn him a sum of money just from the rent, but my Tai Chi Dao gym is not for him to open a Taiping Dao, and this rent can only be regarded as an appetizer. He twisted his fingers and muttered for a moment: "How is Zhang Envoy going to preach?" ”

Zhang Ming said without thinking: "Of course, release the news first, and then preach the morality of my Taiping Dao here." ”

Liu Xiu shook his head, these people seem to be accustomed to preaching among the people, and they don't know how to operate in a big city. He said no: "It's too slow, and I don't think there will be a few people." ”

Zhang Ming glanced at him and smiled: "What is the best way for Deran?" ”

"There is no good way, but there is a small way." Liu Xiu smiled slightly: "Hasn't there been a drought recently, do you have any ideas?" Do you pray for rain? ”

Zhang Ming hesitated for a moment and shook his head honestly: "No." ”

"Then do you think the Son of Heaven is in Songgao Mountain, can you pray for rain?"

Zhang Ming shook his head again, with a little disdain: "With just those few scholars and Confucian scholars who are studying hard, they can also ask for rain?" ”

"That's it, you can make some fuss about it." Liu Xiu talked eloquently, suggesting that Zhang Ming use the matter of the big pheasant to attract attention, first attack the scriptures and meanings of the Confucian scholars, and then gradually lead to the morality of the Taiping Dao. He finally said to Zhang Ming, if you have a way to determine when it will rain and fulfill it when the time comes, then it will be difficult for you to think about this Taiping Dao.

Zhang Ming's eyebrows fluttered when he heard this, and he nodded again and again, feeling that Liu Xiu's method of attacking Confucianism by using the big pheasant to become famous was simply too clever. It's just that he frowned a little at the thought of predicting rain, although he has Taoist skills, he doesn't know when it will rain.

"Stupid, where is this, this is the spiritual platform." Liu Xiu reminded him: "There are many masters in the Lingtai who are good at wind horns and qi looking arts, won't you ask them for more advice?" If it doesn't work, if you invite the great sage and good teacher, he won't be able to predict it, right? ”

Zhang Ming didn't say anything, if there was a difficult color. But Liu Xiu's plan is really good, and he can't help but be unimpressed. Then they talked about the rent, Liu Xiu opened his mouth, and suddenly offered a sky-high price of ten gold a day, which made Zhang Ming almost laugh angrily, Liu Xiu also resigned, do you know how much I spent on the decoration here? Ten gold a day is all for the sake of my old friend's face, and if Ma Qiang is changed or something, I ignore him. At the mention of Ma Qiang's name, Zhang Ming was silent and readily agreed to Liu Xiu's asking price.

Liu Xiu then began to press the arrangement, on the one hand, he sent people everywhere to preach that the divine envoy of the Taiping Dao had come to Luoyang, and on the other hand, he asked Zhang Ming to live in a simple place and not to contact people, and then found Bi Lan and asked him to use the printing press that was still in the test to print two thousand copies for him first, and the footprints were two thousand, with a sensational title: Why can't the big pheasant ask for rain? Then let a few Hu maidens from the Luofu noodle restaurant distribute them inside and outside Luoyang City.

The drought that lasted for more than half a year affected the hearts of countless people, the Son of Heaven moved the people, spent a lot of money to hold a big pheasant ceremony in Songgao Mountain, but did not even see a water vapor, all of a sudden rumors spread, people were panicked, and suddenly saw a master who said that he knew the reason, how could he not rush to hear the truth.

On the day of the preaching, more than 2,000 people came to the Tai Chi Taoist Hall at once, not only the second and third floors were full, but even the downstairs and outside the hall were full of people, which made Zhang Ming a little nervous. According to Liu Xiu's arrangement, he didn't appear on the stage until everyone was waiting a little impatient, surrounded by twenty bearded girls. As soon as he appeared, he first chanted a spell that no one could understand, and with the help of the green bull horns, his voice overshadowed the noisy human voices, echoing in everyone's hearts, and it was as lively as the Tai Chi Dao Hall in the bazaar for a moment of silence.

Blockbuster! Under the awe-struck eyes of the crowd, Zhang Ming began to preach.

Liu Xiu is not in the gym, he has no interest in what Zhang Ming said, if Zhang Jiao comes to preach, he may listen to it, as for Zhang Ming, maybe because he is too familiar, he really can't raise any awe for Zhang Ming.

Xiahou Yuan, who was busy and sweating profusely, looked at the crowd everywhere, estimating how many noodles he could sell in a day today, he was so happy that he smiled, and Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and others, who specially asked the Queen Mother for leave, were also amazed. The master below in the kitchen was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, and the shopkeeper Luo and his wife who rushed over to help were even more hoarse.

"Where's Yingzi?" Liu Xiu pulled Zhang Fei, who was busy looking for potential models among the women, and asked, "She likes to be lively the most, why didn't she come today?" ”

"She said that she had heard Zhang Envoy preach before, and there was nothing new, and it was still fun in the palace." Zhang Fei said while looking around. After Liu Xiu picked up Tang Yingzi, he took the time to take her to the eldest princess of Yangzhai to go there, and when he talked about cooperation with the eldest princess of Yangzhai to open a store, the cooperation was very smooth, and the eldest princess of Yangzhai, who was so idle that she was almost maggots, also fell in love with the lively and lovely Tang Yingzi at once, and asked Liu Xiu to send her to the house for three days, and later took her into the palace to see the queen mother, and the queen mother quickly fell in love with this little girl, Liu Bei and others were virtually robbed of the limelight.

"She is now a celebrity in the palace, and the eldest son of the emperor will make trouble when he can't see her for a day."

Liu Xiu was stunned: "Who?" ”

"The eldest son of the emperor, the son of He Guisheng."

"Who nobleman has a son?" Liu Xiu was very surprised, didn't he say that the Son of Heaven had never had an heir, why did a son suddenly appear?

"Hehe, sir, don't you know, He Guiren gave birth to a son for the Son of Heaven three years ago, but he was afraid that it would be difficult to support him in the palace, so he was fostered outside the palace. Do you know where foster care is? It's the Shi Dao family in our Buyun, so that kid is called Shi Hou. Last time, because Shi Dao's family went to the water, something happened, and He Guiren was not at ease, so he took him back to the palace. ”

Zhang Fei said carefully, Liu Xiu suddenly had a black line in his head, my God, the emperor's eldest son and himself have been neighbors for a few months, and he didn't find out at all. He Gui gave birth to a son, and Queen Song didn't move at all, no wonder Cao Ying was in a hurry like that. Could it be because Queen Song couldn't give birth to a son, and He Guiren gave birth to a son, so Queen Song was deposed, He Guiren took the throne, and then He Jin became a general?

"It's weird to say, I don't know if I'm frightened, Shi Hou looks stupid, either in a daze, or crying, but when he sees Yingzi, he is very happy, dragging Yingzi's clothes in the palace and laughing and screaming, every day early to Yongle Palace to find her." Zhang Fei thought of the funny part, and couldn't help laughing: "Xuande said that Yingzi is a little goblin who knows witchcraft, and even a three-year-old child can't escape her witchcraft. ”

Liu Xiu couldn't help laughing: "This is naked jealousy. ”

"Not really." Zhang Fei nodded and said, "However, we also have a lot of light behind her." In the past few days, He Guiren has rewarded a lot of money, and he specially accompanied Princess Yang Zhai, saying that he would send a message to He Jin and ask him to return the land that he had encroached on Princess Yang Zhai. ”

Liu Xiu suddenly realized, no wonder she was so happy when she saw the eldest princess of Yang Zhai the last few times. Yingzi, this little girl is really a treasure, when she thought of the scene when she first met Tang Yingzi, Liu Xiu couldn't help but steal fun.

"Sir, what are you laughing at, smiling so insidiously?"

Liu Xiu's face sank: "Did you say that, sir?" You see such a good business, can I not be happy? ”

Zhang Fei shook his eyebrows and muttered, "I don't think you're doing it for business." ”

No matter how much Zhang Fei suspected, the reputation of the Taiji Daoist Pavilion did start all at once, Zhang Ming became famous in Luoyang in one fell swoop, and after preaching in the Taiji Daoist Hall for three days, he soon received several invitations from several powerful people to invite him to preach. Most of the people who came to listen to his preaching that day were ordinary people, and people of real status would not deign to come and show their heads in public, and if they were interested, they would invite these Taoists to the palace to speak, especially to the ladies. The ladies and ladies are full of food and have nothing to do, and there is not much entertainment these days, and it is also a pastime to hear people say, although they may not believe it.

Zhang Ming went to the powerful door to preach, Liu Xiu couldn't control it, but he was not idle, when he heard that some of the students who came to dine were a little dissatisfied with the Taiping Dao, he held a discussion in due course, and invited Cai Yong and Zhang Ming, who were also Jing Huang Lao Dao, to discuss the Tao on the same stage, and argued with each other, attracting many students to listen to the lecture, and then struck while the iron was hot, and promoted the content of the Tao to various learnings including Confucian classics.

In just half a month, the Tai Chi Dao Hall has become the most famous place in Luoyang City, and it has become the first choice for Tai Tai students to eat and gather. Or else: "Has anyone from the Tai Chi Dao Hall been giving a lecture recently?" Otherwise, "Let's go to the Tai Chi Taoist Hall to have a look, there is a new dish recently, and it tastes really good." ”

And the most unobtrusive words are recognized as: "I'm ashamed, I just explained a few ancient texts in the Tai Chi Taoist Hall and had a free meal." ”

Usually the answer this kind of person gets: "Stupid! You lied to you, Ah Weng, at your level, you still understand the ancient texts of the Tai Chi Taoist Hall? ”

Whenever he heard such a dialogue, Liu Xiu felt a little complacent. After the business of the Tai Chi Taoist Pavilion was on the right track, he normally stopped going, and most of the affairs there were handed over to the shopkeeper Luo, and the Luofu Noodle Restaurant promoted a fake shopkeeper from the Hu maid. What he has to do every day now is to take Zhang Fei or Tang Yingzi to go around, go to the palace to see the Queen Mother, chat with Jia Xu, or go to Shangfangjian to see the progress of Bi Lan and their movable type printing, or go to the mansion of Princess Yangzhai to drink tea.

It wasn't until Cao Ying found him in a hurry that he remembered to train the Xiahou clan.

"I forgot, I forgot." Liu Xiu patted his head: "You see I'm really busy, the people who can't do it under my subordinates, why don't you help me find two more people?" ”

"Don't do that." Cao Ying was used to his lack of shape, and the kidnapping generally pulled him into the car. The coachman shouted, and the carriage started slowly. After walking for a while, Liu Xiu sensed that something was wrong, this was not the way to Caofu.

"Mengde, where are you taking me?"

"Go to Song Mansion."

"Which Song Mansion?" Liu Xiu thought for a while, "The Song Mansion of Lord Song of Jinwu?" ”

Cao Ying nodded, hesitated for a moment, and explained: "Ah Luan said that he wanted to thank the teacher, so he specially set up a banquet to entertain you in the Song Mansion today." Her husband Song Qi also wants to meet you, a famous man in Luoyang. ”

Da Mingshi, when did I become a Da Mingshi? Liu Xiu shook his head secretly. He didn't ask again, since Cao Ying had already made arrangements, then just go with him, anyway, he would not be unfavorable to himself. This meal is definitely not as simple as Cao Ying said, but some things are inconvenient to say, and it is best for everyone to pretend to be confused.

The carriage drove all the way to the front of the Song Mansion, Liu Xiu followed Cao Ying into the door, Song Qi went to the door to greet them, and led them to the hall, Cao Luan and a woman a few years older than her were talking in the hall, as soon as she saw Liu Xiu, Cao Luan immediately stood up, called Mr. half-jokingly, and then introduced to the woman seriously: "This is the Mr. Xie Shi you mentioned to you, Liu Jun Deran." Then he turned to Liu Xiu and introduced: "This is my best friend, surnamed Xiahou." ”

Liu Xiu almost didn't laugh out loud, and said in his heart that this woman and Song Qi look at least five points alike, and appeared in the Song Mansion, with a clear surname of Song, and eight points may be the unfavored Queen Song, you still have no three hundred taels of silver here, but you want to say that it is the strange woman Xiahou clan. Alas, forget it, I'll accompany you to act, if you really want to break it, I won't be able to deal with it.

He stepped forward to give a salute, and then sat down and exchanged some unnutritious admiration. Liu Xiu specially expressed his gratitude to Song Qi's father, Song Feng, and when the Luofu Noodle Restaurant had just opened, Master Zhijingo went to the scene. Although the scope of Zhijinwu's management is outside the palace, he can't control the area of Taixue, but with his name on the customer opinion board, he can still play a role in some ways.

After eating, the banquet was removed, and everyone became familiar with it, Song Qi led them to the study, starting from the scriptures on the bookshelf, and slowly the topic turned to Sangang Wulun. Song Qi said seriously, Wulun is headed by husband and wife, there is no father and son if there is no couple, and there is no way to talk about monarchs, brothers, and friends without father and son, so getting along with husband and wife is the top priority - speaking of which, he did not forget to exchange a loving look with Cao Luan, and saw that Liu Xiu almost vomited out the food he had just eaten - Listening to Meng De, Deran is quite insightful about how to get along with people, and dares to ask for advice.

Liu Xiu knew that he had finally arrived at the show, he coughed, first said a few words of modesty, and said that he was also talking on paper, but he had realized some truths from calligraphy and painting, and had some experience. Then he said very seriously, in fact, getting along with people is not complicated, it is nothing more than harmony and difference, seeking common ground while reserving differences, and tolerating each other. At this point, he asked them a question: "The sage said, Do not do unto others as you would have them do unto you." I think you all know this sentence, so I want to ask you, can you do to others what you want? ”

Cao Ying and the others looked at each other, and after a short period of thought, they gave different answers, some said that they could be done to others, and some said that they could not be given to others. Liu Xiu finally concluded, "I think that whether you have done what you want or what you don't want, you can't do to others. Because what you want is not necessarily what the other person wants, and if you impose on the other person what they don't want, how can you get the other person's pleasure? ”

"So how can you make the other person like it?" Cao Luan asked at the right time.

"It's simple, give it what it wants." Liu Xiu gave the answer, and then added a sentence: "Of course, this is on the premise of not violating the teachings of the sage." Anything that goes against the teachings of the saints, regardless of whether the other party wants it or not, we resolutely cannot agree to it, otherwise it will not be aiding the abuse, and acting for the tiger. Do you think that's the truth? ”

"What Deran said is very true, and what he says is very true." Cao Ying and the others said wrongly, automatically ignoring this one-size-fits-all truth, in fact, who believes who is unlucky, and nodded while calming down Liu Xiu's next high theory.

That's what we're here for.

(To be continued)