Liu Xiu instinctively picked up Feng Xue's soft and boneless body and rolled under the bed, landed on all fours, tensed the muscles of his body, and set up another protection above Feng Xue.

The room was silent, there was no movement, the bed was dark, nothing could be seen, only the rapid breathing of the other party was heard. After a period of panic, Fengxue guessed his mind from Liu Xiu's posture, tears swept away his eyes, stretched out his arms, hugged Liu Xiu's tense neck tightly, leaned up, and pressed his wet lips tightly to his lips.

Liu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, his tense body slowly relaxed, but he didn't have time to enjoy the warmth of the wind and snow, listening to the chaotic footsteps outside, he leaned into the wind and snow and whispered: "Hurry up and get out, otherwise Hao Zhao and they will come in immediately." ”

In the dark, Feng Xue nodded a little reluctantly, pecked Liu Xiu's lips again, and then climbed out.

Hao Zhao and the others didn't come in, Liu Xiu looked around in surprise, and saw that there was no one in the room, but the door that was originally closed opened a crack. He looked out through the crack in the door and saw Hao Zhao's young and tall figure standing in front of the door, next to Xu Yu, who was as wide as a secondary door panel, and the two of them were motionless, guarding the door like door gods.

Outside the courtyard, there was the sound of chattering, and from the voice, there was Cai Yong, Wang Yun, or Mrs. Lu. Liu Xiu glanced at the wind and snow, signaling her not to go out in the house, then tidied up her clothes, coughed, opened the door and walked out.

"Your Excellency!" Xu Yu and Hao Zhao separated from each other and bowed at the same time, and they were relieved to see that Liu Xiu was fine.

"What's up there?" Liu Xiu asked seriously.

"I'm talking about earthquakes." Hao Zhao said, "Some people are nervous, and some people say that this is a warning from God. ”

"Fucking bullshit again." Liu Xiu frowned, raised his legs and walked out the door. The moon had risen to the middle of the heavens, sprinkled on the polished bluestone, like a layer of water. There were a lot of people standing in the east group and the west group in the wide square, and those Hun children with big surnames didn't care about the usual contradictions at this time, and crowded together in shock, looking at the school house that was creaking just now and now silent.

Seeing Liu Xiu come out, Cai Yong and the others greeted him and asked nonchalantly, "Are you okay?" ”

"Your Excellency, are you alright?"

Liu Xiu was already calm at this time, for him, who had experienced several major earthquakes that had not been seen in a hundred years, this small earthquake just now was just a drizzle. He didn't answer the greetings of Cai Yong and the others, but looked back at the new house, patted a few pillars hard, and found that it didn't move at all, and it was not affected by the earthquake at all, so he said with satisfaction: "Zishi, this school is well built and very strong. ”

Wang Yun laughed: "My lord, there are frequent earthquakes in Bingzhou, and the houses built by our craftsmen here have no problem coping with such earthquakes. Cai Bojiao is in the plains, which is rare and strange. ”

Cai Yong's eyes rolled and he felt that his words were very harsh. However, when the earthquake just now, he was panicked, and his performance was indeed the worst, and he lost face in front of his future students, which made him very embarrassed, and it was difficult for him to refute Wang Yun's words directly.

"It's nothing, it's an earthquake, it's just a sneeze from the earth." Liu Xiu turned to Mrs. Lu, who was calm and calm, "The earthquake in the Bashu region is much stronger than this, right?" ”

Mrs. Lu smiled slightly: "What my lord said is very true, in Bashu, such earthquakes are common, and only those who destroy mountains and tombs are called earthquakes." ”

"It's not surprising that there are many earthquakes in mountainous places." Liu Xiu jokingly said to Cai Yong: "Mr. Cai, according to the legend of the disaster, this responsibility will probably fall on me, the assassin of the state, right?" I'm telling you, you can't frame me, I haven't done anything bad. ”

There were two dry laughs from the crowd, which soon calmed down again, and the atmosphere was very awkward. Liu Xiu glanced at it, scratched his head secretly, and said in his heart This is really unlucky, I just stayed in Jinyang Academy on the first day, and I actually encountered such a thing as an earthquake, if I don't turn their concept around, then my reputation will be ruined, and when it reaches Luoyang, this will probably become the evidence of a heinous crime.

It's not even God's worth.

He glanced up at the moon, estimated the hour, clapped his hands, and said loudly: "Since everyone has no intention of sleeping, we might as well talk about this moonlight." The theme, it's the earthquake just now, how about it? ”

Cai Yong and Wang Yun exchanged a look with each other and nodded again and again. Earthquake is an ominous thing, according to the doctrine of disaster and difference, the land belongs to yin, subordinate, and the earthquake represents the following system, and the yin is used to control the yang, such as the power of the ministers, the people are uneasy, and the harem interferes in politics and other things, all of which belong to the category of earthquake representatives. Liu Xiu came to Yizhou as a young favorite who had just been weak, and as soon as he came, he made the Huns scattered, and it seemed that the scenery was unparalleled for a while, but in fact, there were many crises, and it was very appropriate to explain it with an earthquake.

If this kind of thinking spreads, it will be very unfavorable to Liu Xiu's rule in Bingzhou, and it will also be a very bad start for the newly born Jinyang School, so whether it is Wang Yun, a wealthy family in Bingzhou, or Cai Yong, the big sacrificial wine of Jinyang Academy, they don't want such a thing to happen, how to find a proper explanation, and it is very urgent to clear up the relationship between this earthquake and Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu's proposal at this moment to conduct a discussion on the earthquake was exactly what they wanted.

The moonlit night was cool, and there was no sultry heat during the day, so everyone went back to the house and took their seats, and sat on the ground in the square. Cai Yong was originally going to be the main speaker, but Liu Xiu said, you are a big sacrificial wine, and there will be opportunities to talk in the future, let me get an axe today, and ask the Fang family for advice.

Cai Yong was a little apprehensive, but when he thought about it, he couldn't say anything new, so it was better to let Liu Xiu talk about it. Although this person is of average knowledge, he has some strange theories, and he may be able to solve this crisis.

Liu Xiu did not wear a crown on his head, but only tied a turban, and did not wear a battle robe on his body, but a moon-white regular uniform.

"Can someone who has experienced an earthquake before raise a hand?" As soon as Liu Xiu opened his mouth, he didn't say anything about the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the classics of the saints, but asked a common word. The people below hesitated for a moment, and dozens of people raised their hands, Liu Xiu asked them to tell them about the earthquake they encountered, and then asked their places of origin and asked them one by one.

No one knew what he was up to, but everyone was both amused and curious, and watched intently what he had to say.

"Have you noticed, I just asked dozens of people, most of them in the mountains, or places with mountains nearby. There are very few people in the plains, Mr. Cai's home is in Chenliu, there are no mountains nearby, and he has not encountered an earthquake in his hometown. Zhang Xiusheng was born in Bashu, and earthquakes were commonplace for him, and he was used to it. ”

When you think about it, it seems that this is indeed the case, most of the people who said that they have encountered earthquakes just now are from the southern part of Bingzhou and Bashu Prefecture, and very few are from Shandong.

"Does that mean that the character of the people in Bingzhou and Bashu is not good, and the character of the people in the area of Chenliu is good?" Liu Xiu patted and smiled: "I admit that Mr. Cai's morality is as good as his learning, but this does not mean that the people in Chenliu's area are all good people, Bingzhou and Bashu are bad people, and Bingzhou also has talents like Wang Zishi, the Wang family and the Wen family, and then count forward, there are also famous ministers like Feng Fengshi, who are both civil and military, and promote the prestige of our country. It is said that among the Huns, there have also been famous ministers like Jin Yueyan, and Emperor Xiaowu also boasted that his mother taught her son well, and painted her description in the palace, such a glory, even Chen Liu. ”

Everyone let out a burst of relaxed laughter, although the Huns couldn't understand Chinese, and they had to wait for the translator to tell them, but when they heard Liu Xiu praise the Huns, they also felt very face-saving, although Jin Yueyan had nothing to do with them.

"It can be seen that I think things like earthquakes have more to do with the terrain than with people." Liu Xiu threw out his arguments, and before he had time to analyze them in detail, a man about thirty years old stood up: "Dare to ask adults, if natural disasters have nothing to do with personnel, isn't it a false statement that people are inducted by those days?" ”

"Dare to ask you ......"

"Jinyang Wang Rou."

Liu Xiu nodded, he deliberately only said Wang Yun just now, just to pick on the nerves of the Jinyang Wang family, and this Wang Rou was really the first to jump out. He nodded, motioned for Wang Rou to sit down first, and then asked very politely: "Dare to ask Wang Jun, if the earthquake is caused by personnel, then dare to ask Wang Jun, is it an inaccessible place, there will be no earthquake?" ”

Wang Rou choked.

"Then let me ask you again, if the earthquake is really God's order to remind the authorities, then why is it the ordinary people who are punished? The Master said that harsh government is fiercer than a tiger, and ordinary people are victims of harsh government, and God wants to remind those in power who practice harsh government, and naturally he wants to cry out for ordinary people, but why does he use earthquakes as a means to harm ordinary people to remind those in power, instead of directly lowering the victims to the heads of those in power? ”

Liu Xiu changed his relaxed tone, and said to everyone with a smile: "For example, I like to eat wine, drink a thousand stones, but let Wang Jun, who has not been touched by a drop of wine, get drunk and messy, not only vomit in the dark, lose face in front of people, but also have a hangover and headache the next day, and his eyes are blind, you say, is this a little unfair?" ”

Everyone laughed, and the originally tense atmosphere was relaxed, and even Wang Rou couldn't help laughing.

Liu Xiu struck while the iron was hot, and continued: "I know that most people think that the earthquake is related to personnel and is a warning from God to officials, but everyone thinks so, it may not necessarily be true. Just like the Xianbei people say that Tanshi Huai is the son of Touluhou, but in fact, Touluhou doesn't think so. ”

The crowd laughed again, especially the Huns, who were mostly aware of this.

"For example, everyone thinks that the sky is round and the earth is round, but now I tell you that the earth is not square, but a ball, do you believe it?"

"Balls?" Hearing this strange talk, everyone began to talk to each other, and soon someone stood up and said loudly: "Lord Liu, this earth is obviously flat, how can it be said to be a ball?" ”

Liu Xiu waved his hand and signaled the people who were talking about it to be quiet: "In fact, Zhang Pingzi has already discussed this truth in detail, his article has been brought to the school by Mr. Cai, and immediately ask Mr. Cai to tell you about it, I won't say much here, I only want to say one question, some people say that it is the father, the moon is the mother, and the earth is the son. Can a pair of oxen give birth to a horse? Isn't this more suspicious than the origin of the sandalwood locust? ”

Everyone couldn't help but spray rice again, and those learned scholars were embarrassed to laugh as loudly as the Huns, but they were amazed by Liu Xiu's analogy, although they felt that he was talking some nonsense, but they couldn't find a reason to refute it for a while.

Liu Xiu accepted it when he saw it, and asked Cai Yong to tell everyone about Zhang Heng's article on the idea that the earth is round. Cai Yong has the ability to never forget, he first memorized Zhang Heng's article, and then began to explain, adding some understanding from his own thinking. Zhang Heng's article is much more elegant than Liu Xiu's metaphor, and those scholars are savoring Zhang Heng's beautiful writing while listening to Cai Yong's explanation, like drinking alcohol, and getting drunk without knowing it. Those Hun children were dizzy, they only heard it, but they couldn't understand anything. Translation can only translate the general idea, but it is absolutely impossible to accurately express the beauty of Zhang Heng's words.

Since it has always been a lie to think that the earth is flat, why is it not a lie that the earthquake is related to personnel? Perhaps, as Lord Liu said, earthquakes are only related to the terrain, and there are many earthquakes in mountainous places, and there is nothing to do with personnel.

In Cai Yong and Liu Xiu's explanation, not only did the fear of the earthquake slowly dissipate, but they also unconsciously accepted a critical lesson in using rational logic to dispel specious stereotypes. This class is very fresh, but this way is more acceptable, everyone sits on the ground, regardless of the number of respectful and inferior seats, what questions can be asked on the spot, the lecturer answers on the spot, and they can argue with each other, the atmosphere is relaxed and lively, the ideas are active, and there are admirable witty words from time to time.

Before I knew it, the moon had turned west, and the dew was heavy, so I dissipated unsatisfactorily, and fell asleep with all kinds of novel knowledge and methods.

Liu Xiu has a good work and rest habits, although he slept late, he still woke up on time the next day. The wind and snow were sleepy, and while it was cool in the morning, he curled up on the bed and slept soundly, with a sweet and shy smile on the corner of his mouth, and he didn't know what he thought.

Liu Xiu didn't call her, he went to fetch water to wash his face and rinse his mouth, and then started practicing martial arts in the courtyard. Hearing the sound of him stomping on the ground, Hao Zhao woke up in shock, and rushed in while rubbing his eyes while putting on his clothes, and pleaded guilty.

Liu Xiu paused his fist and glanced at Hao Zhao: "Bodao, now is not wartime, you don't have to be so nervous." I'll practice by myself for a while, and then you go to sleep, you slept too late yesterday, if you don't sleep enough, you won't have the energy to do things today. ”

Hao Zhao was very ashamed: "This ...... How can it work? ”

"It's fine." Liu Xiu smiled: "I'm not seventy or eighty, I can't take care of myself if no one takes care of me, you go to sleep." ”

Hao Zhao was grateful, opened his mouth and yawned, and then went to catch up on sleep. Liu Xiu continued to practice boxing, carefully figuring out the subtle changes in each move and momentum, and he didn't stop until Cai Yong walked in.

"Sir is in good spirits." Liu Xiu glanced at Cai Yong and praised him. However, after sleeping for two hours, Cai Yong didn't see any tiredness, which was very good at his age.

"The habit I developed from studying in the past, I have fled everywhere in the past two years, learned some guidance techniques, practiced every day, and my body is quite passable." Cai Yong said nonchalantly, he pointed at Liu Xiu: "You are the Mozi Five Elements Technique?" ”

Liu Xiu was surprised: "Mr. also knows?" ”

"Listen to what your younger brother Liu Xuande said, he practices every day, I once went to visit your husband Lu Zigan, and I happened to see it, so I asked more, and he told me."

Liu Xiu smiled slightly, Liu Bei has always been unconvinced, it seems that this hard work is really not small.

"This ......" Cai Yong hesitated for a moment, looked at no one around, and then took Liu Xiu's arm and walked into the house, and said in a low voice: "Where did you learn the Mozi Five Elements Technique?" ”

"What, there's a problem?" Seeing Cai Yong's face, Liu Xiu couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"When I was in Luoyang, the Son of Heaven asked me this question. As far as I know, Mozi's Five Elements Technique is not seen in the pre-Qin Zhuzi, and even the early Han Dynasty Confucianism has not seen similar records, Mozi's articles are scattered among the people, and later the imperial court cleaned up the world's scriptures, and Mozi's articles gradually reappeared in the world, but there are many strange arts that are still only known by their names, not their books. ”

Cai Yong paused, and then said: "When I was in Dongguan School, I once read the royal collection, and found a record in it, the name of Mozi's Five Elements Technique was first seen in Liu Xiang's "Book in the Pillow", "The Book in the Pillow" is a book written by Liu Xiang privately, specializing in all kinds of secret affairs, and this book was later lost. ”

"Missing?"

"Yes." Cai Yong nodded vigorously, "Liu Xin, the son of Liu Xiang, was killed because he was attached to Wang Mang, and later tried to cling to Yu Wei, and changed his name to be the same as Shizu. He is a relative of the Han family, but he is attached to Wang Mang, and later seeks to stand on his own, so this reputation is ......" Cai Yong smacked his lips and said that you know, I won't say it, "In fact, Liu Xin is a knowledgeable person, especially for the ancient scriptures, if it weren't for his collation, it would be impossible for the ancient scriptures to have today's position." ”

Liu Xiu didn't care about Liu Xin, what he cared about was Cai Yong and what he meant by mentioning this.

"The Book of the Pillow mentions the Mozi Five Elements Technique, but the Mozi Five Elements Technique is not seen in the world, so there is only one possibility, the Mozi Five Elements Technique has always been secretly in the hands of Liu Xin's descendants." Cai Yong turned his gaze to Liu Xiu: "Now that you have suddenly learned the Mozi Five Elements Technique, and your family has disappeared at this time, what do you think others will think?" ”

"They say I'm a descendant of Liu Xin?" Liu Xiu immediately understood.

"It's possible." Cai Yong smiled slightly, "But you don't have to worry, although Liu Xin has a bad reputation, he is not a threat to this dynasty, even if Your Majesty knows, he will not have any ideas." ”

Liu Xiu blinked: "But my Mozi Five Elements Technique is not a family heirloom. ”

"I know, Zhang Jiao told His Majesty that he got it from that ring." Cai Yong continued: "Coincidentally, the "Book in the Pillow" also records a ring, saying that this ring has the ability to change the heavens and the earth, and hides all the secrets between heaven and earth. Liu Xiang said that this ring was amazing, but he didn't say what this ring looked like, and no one knew where this ring was. Later, I checked the records in the palace and found that there was a lost property record in the account book of the secretary's cabinet, which was also a finger ring, not gold or copper, and there was a secret charm inside, which no one could read. ”

"Is this it?" Liu Xiu took off the ring and handed it to Cai Yong, Cai Yong looked at it carefully for a moment, but still shook his head: "I don't know if it's this, but it looks very similar." ”

"You just said that this ring was seen on the lost and found records in the palace?"

"Yes, this ring was secretly hidden in the palace in the fourth year of Emperor Yongping of the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Huan Yanxi disappeared before and after, and he didn't know where to go."

"In other words, this ring is likely to be a lost item in the palace?"

"Very likely." Cai Yong said regretfully: "It's just that I haven't seen the specific record of the secret talisman, I don't know if these patterns in your ring are the secret talisman, otherwise I can be sure." ”

Liu Xiu didn't say anything more, if this ring is Liu Xin's relic, and he is Liu Xin's descendant, it seems that it can also explain Daddy's strange whereabouts and attitude. Liu Xiang and Liu Xin are Liu Bang's fourth brothers, the descendants of Liu Jiao, the king of Chu Yuan, and Liu Jiao is more special among Liu Bang's brothers, he is the illegitimate son of Liu Taigong, and the only one among the Liu brothers who has ever read, he has good knowledge and is also very smart, which can be seen from the academic achievements of Liu Xiang's father and son. More importantly, the state of Chu was later the main force of the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, the third generation of Chu king Liu Wu and Wu king Liu Wei rebelled together, and committed suicide after being defeated by Zhou Yafu, the throne of the king of Chu was transferred to the third son of Liu Jiao, but it was passed on to the eighth king of Chu, Liu Jiao's sixth grandson Liu Yanshou, because of his participation in the rebellion of Liu Xu, the king of Guangling, Liu Yanshou was killed and lost the position of king of Chu.

Liu Xin is the fifth grandson of Liu Jiao, and later became the main force of Wang Mang's usurpation of the dynasty, from the perspective of these generations, it seems that Liu Jiao has always had a rebellious gene, is it that it has been lurking for more than a hundred years, and now he feels that the chaos is about to start, and he is ready to jump out again?

Liu Xiu looked at Cai Yong, then at the ring, guessing what the Son of Heaven meant. Since the Son of Heaven already knew about these circumstances, why didn't the Son of Heaven arrest him? Even if he doesn't arrest it, he should take precautions, he doesn't believe that the Son of Heaven has such a big belly, and when he handed over the Changshui Camp to him, he arranged for Liu Biao to be by his side, and later he was ready to arrange Jian Shuo to be the supervisor. Now that he knows that he is likely to be a descendant of Liu Xin's lineage, can he not make a little move?

It's just that it's not easy to ask, and if you ask the Son of Heaven, you won't say it, maybe the Son of Heaven is looking at his performance, maybe he's setting up a game, maybe he thinks he still has the value of using it for the time being, and he doesn't want to attack him before revealing obvious objections.

I have to ask my dad about this.

(To be continued)