Chapter 121 [Interview with the Sage]
(Dameng and Zhao Wuxian 2014 Yuntian Gaoyi, toothless and unforgettable, thank you!) )
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Ma Han, who completed the debriefing, had nothing to do, and in the half month of waiting for the wedding of the second son of Taishou, he began to conduct field investigations on Xiangping's city, garrison, population, commerce and other information. Liaodong basically did not have much sense of secrecy, and with the convenience of Ma Han's identity, a lot of valuable military, economic, and political information soon gathered on the desk.
Ma Han often led Zhou Cang, Wu Chai and other wolf tooth flying horses to parade around Xiangping, called the parade, but it was actually a survey.
All things are foreseen, and those who are not prepared are wasted. The contest between Ma Han and Gongsun Du has already begun from this moment.
On this day, Ma Han once again led Zhou Cang, Wu Chai and Twenty Wolf Tooth Flying Horsemen out of the city from the east gate of Xiangping. However, this time it was not an aimless trip, and his goal was clear - Ferris Ridge.
The name Motianling sounds very imposing to climb the sky, but the actual altitude is less than 1,000 meters, and it is a mountain range 70 miles east of Xiangping (now Liaoyang, Liaoning), which is in a north-south direction and spans dozens of miles. The mountains of Motianling are steep, the forests are dense, pine, red pine, oak trees, willows, etc. are all over the mountains, and the mountains and forests are not full of bears, leopards, jackals, wolves, wild boars, roe deer, roe deer, raccoon dogs, otters, yellow sheep and other wild beasts.
In the past, this mountain was just a paradise for woodcutters and hunters, but now it has become a place where students and children from Liaodong are flocking to avoid chaos. This qiē is only because there is one more person here - Beihai Confucian, "Dragon Tail" Guan Ning.
Guan Ning, the word You'an, Beihai Zhuxu, lost his father when he was young, diligent and studious, and Pingyuan Huaxin and fellow townsman Bingyuan were classmates and friends. These three people were called the Three Kingdoms and a Dragon by later generations: the dragon head Huaxin, the dragon belly Bingyuan, and the dragon tail Guan Ning.
One of the most famous things Guan Ning in history is to "cut off diplomatic relations" with Hua Xin. From Hua Xin's behavior and Guan Ning's behavior at that time, it can be seen that the two will take completely different paths in the future. Sure enough, history proves that Hua Xin, who was lured by Ronghua, later became the official of Wei State, and Guan Ning, who was indifferent to fame and fortune and devoted himself to studying, became a hermit Confucian. Who is the winner in life? No one can say clearly, only that they have all found their own way.
Qingzhou in the early days of the Three Kingdoms. It was the place where the Yellow Turban Rebellion was the strictest, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion had as many as one million, while the total population of Qingzhou at the end of the Han Dynasty was only three million. One-third of the population of a state is a thief, which can be imagined to be a disaster. And Beihai has always been rich, and it is the favorite place for yellow turban thieves. This can be seen from the fact that after Cao Cao almost wiped out the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, he also came out of Guanhai to encircle the Beihai.
In such a volatile and carnage-filled place, it is the warlords, not the academics, who are best placed to survive. Therefore. The Guan Ning tribe moved north, and the most popular way to avoid disasters in Qingzhou at that time crossed the sea and came to Liaodong. When people entered Liao. Most of them live in the Pingguo area in the southeast of Liaodong (central Liaoning), one is close to their hometown, which is convenient for returning in the future; The second is that Liaozhong is surrounded by mountains and seas, and you can rely on the mountains to eat the mountains. Eat the sea by the sea. Only Guan Ning chose to live in the north, building a museum in the mountains and lecturing near the rock. Ferris Ridge. It became a resort because of the arrival of the Great Confucian.
The purpose of Ma Han's trip is to visit Guan Ning, and of course, there is a reason for this visit - this reason is Guan Hai's letters and gifts.
Guan Ning, a native of Zhuxu, Beihai; Guan Hai, a native of Beihai Zhuxu. From this surname and place of origin, it is not difficult to see that these two people must have some kind of connection, although the identities of the two are very different, but this connection is real.
It is also necessary to make friends with the celebrities who avoid the disaster in Liaodong, and since this opportunity, Ma Han will naturally not miss it. Sixty or seventy miles, the fast horse can only be reached in half a day. At the foot of the mountain, but see the colorful autumn leaves all over the mountain, red, yellow, brown, orange, the forest is dyed, a curved and narrow mountain road, extending from the foot of the mountain, like a small insect, into the colorful flowers.
Ma Han dismounted, handed over the silver arrow to Wu Chase, and only took Zhou Cang and two wolf tooth flying horsemen to hold the gift and hike up the mountain. Wu Chai and more than a dozen wolf-tooth flying horsemen galloped at the foot of the mountain, waiting for them to come down the mountain.
Ma Han was not a literati, and of course he didn't play the kind of "elegant things" that he searched all the way, he wanted efficiency, and found the person he was looking for in the fastest and most direct way - so before he set off, he found a guide, a woodcutter who sold firewood. The firewood sold by this woodcutter is all cut down from Motianling, and there is no place in this Motianling that he doesn't know, so it is natural to find the Linyan Pavilion where Guan Ning lectures.
The mountain road taken by the woodcutter and Ma Han and others is obviously artificially widened, and even so, it can only accommodate three people in parallel, which can be imagined as the original narrow. If there is no grass and trees on one side of the mountain road and the horizontal branches are entwined to form a low natural protective belt, I am afraid that not many people have the courage to walk such a difficult mountain road.
The woodcutter chattered while walking: "A few nobles came unfortunately, on weekdays, you can see students on this mountain road from time to time, but today happens to be a closed day, so it is rare to see a few people along the way." ”
Ma Han smiled: "Is it a closed day, it's the best, we are here to visit, not to study." ”
"Oh, if that's the case, then go to the fork on the left, that's Mr. Guan's Mu Fengxuan...... Well, it seems to be called that, when Mr. Guan is not speaking, he likes to meet with friends there. The little one has also been to deliver firewood a few times. ”
"Okay, then go left."
After walking less than a hundred steps, I saw more than a dozen people suddenly gushing out at the bend of the mountain road in front of me, all of them with big shoulders and round waists, and powerful martial arts, among which there were several bearded people with left hair. These people were clustered around a young man of about twenty-three or fourteen years old. This young man was richly dressed, with a gold ring at his waist, a slender body, a three-beam crown on his head, thick and short eyebrows, slender eyes, faintly revealing a yin eagle, and two mustaches on his lips were trimmed very neatly and beautifully, and he walked proudly in the middle of the procession.
This group of people doesn't look like students no matter how they look at it, if they have to say yes, probably only the young man in the middle is still a little likely, and most of the rest are the chief of the guard.
Ma Han glanced at it casually, and felt that the young man's appearance was a little familiar, but he was sure that he had never seen this person, how could he be familiar? Just thinking about it, the group of people had approached, there were many people on the other side, and there was no intention of giving way, Ma Han naturally would not be so petty, waved his hand, and stuck to the rock wall to avoid it.
The two sides passed by. The young man glanced at Ma Han and Zhou Cang and Wolf Tooth Feiqi who were holding gifts behind him, and snorted coldly: "Another person who asks for a teacher to visit, it is because of the pursuit of these people that people like Guan You'an and Bing Genju regard themselves as extraordinary, and they don't even pay attention to Taishou." ”
A stout Hu man beside the young man immediately glared at Ma Han, fiercely glaring, and said, "Eldest son, do you want to beat these people up, take away their gifts, and save those two old guys who don't know how to lift." ”
Zhou Cang was furious when he heard this. He was about to roll up his sleeves on the spot, but Ma Han stopped him with a palm - just kidding, this is a mountain road, and it is easy to kill people. Killing someone because of a few quarrels damaged his reputation in Liaodong.
The young man, apparently with the same concern, waved his hand and walked down the hill without stopping. The Hu man looked back frequently as he walked, and looked at Zhou Cang with angry eyebrows. Like an aggressive rooster.
Ma Han didn't know who this person was, but one thing was certain, this young man had an extraordinary background, and he must have hit a nail in Guan Ning's place. I held back a breath of fire and wanted to find someone to vent it.
After the episode, I turned a corner further, and I saw Mu Fengxuan that the woodcutter said. In fact, it is just a log pavilion relatively close to the cliff. Under the peach and plum, the pavilion is simple and elegant, and there are two people playing against each other. There were several servants standing at the bottom of the stairs waiting to be called. Seeing Ma Han's group of people coming, the two people in the pavilion still played chess calmly, unmoved, only the servants looked back frequently.
Ma Han asked Zhou Cang to give the woodcutter a hundred dollars to thank him, the price of goods in Liaodong is stable, much better than the Central Plains, a hundred dollars is enough for an ordinary family of three for five days, this woodcutter sells a day's firewood, and he can't earn this amount, so he is naturally thankful and gone.
Ma Han was not in a hurry to pass, so he watched from a distance, and enjoyed the scenery of the mountains and forests by the way. It wasn't until the end of the game that a wolf-tooth flying rider sent Guan Hai's letter to the servant, who presented it to one of the people in the pavilion.
Ma Han's eyesight is very good, and he can see it really, but when he sees this person, his clothes are swaying in the wind, his facial features are strange, and his long beard is fluttering, he looks at it quite like a fairy wind and bones.
This is Guan Ning Guan You'an.
After a while, a servant invited Ma Han over. Ma Han walked to the bottom of the steps and reported to himself: "Liaodong Cavalry Captain, leading the White Wolf City to guard Ma Hu, I have seen two sages." ”
A sharp gaze swept in: "Zunjia is the horse dragon who is called 'Kunbo Tulu' by the Xianbei people and the Karasuma people?" ”
Ma Han smiled and saluted: "I didn't expect the stigma of the kid to be passed on to the ears of the great sage." If I'm not mistaken, this Gao Xian must be the 'Dragon's Belly' Bing Genju. Today, I saw two sages, and I was very lucky. ”
Bing Genju, that is, Bing Yuan, this person is the same age as Guan Ning, but his temperament is completely different, with thick eyebrows and bright eyes, a slightly round face, and a beard like a hedgehog, which is quite heroic.
Bing Yuan looked Ma Han up and down, and suddenly said: "Did you bring the 'Demon Pupil Bow' known as the Divine Bow of the Xianbei people?" ”
Ma Han nodded and said: "I brought it, but I just visited Gao Xian, and it was disrespectful to carry a bow and put it in the entourage." ”
"Can you take a look?"
Ma Han turned around and beckoned, asking Zhou Cang to take the Demon Pupil Bow. As soon as this enhanced version of the blood bow appeared, even Guan Ning, who didn't pay much attention, was attracted. With Ma Han's consent, Bing Yuan took the bow in his hand, and was immediately shocked by the peculiar eccentric wheel and three-strand string, but did not care much about the pupil-like blood wheel on the bow arm.
The eccentric wheel is closed, and Bing Yuan can't see why, but this bow is originally in such a shape, after all, it is known as a divine bow, and it is not surprising that the shape is strange and strange. Try to pull it, don't move, take a deep breath, pull it again, the bowstring is slightly stretched, and it is only slightly stretched.
Bing Yuan was amazed: "The one who shoots this bow can be called a flying general." Then he smiled and said to Guan Ning, "Brother You'an's nephew is under the command of the flying general, killing Hu and killing thieves, for the sake of the country, and it can be regarded as changing the evil and returning to the right path." ”
Nephew? Guan Hai is Guan Ning's nephew!
Looking at Ma Han with a surprised face, Guan Ning smiled and bowed his head: "The word 'Shengde' of my nephew is what I asked Ning to take." ”
Ma Han suddenly realized, I said, Guan Hai, this guy, why do you still take such a merciful word, it turned out that Guan Ning was asked, no wonder.
With a magic pupil bow, and then Guan Hai, a prodigal son who has changed from a rogue to a fake Sima, as a topic, Ma Han successfully talked to the two celebrities, and was about to have a deep and extensive exchange, when he suddenly saw a wolf-tooth flying horse who was originally waiting at the foot of the mountain panting and running, and hurriedly reported: "City guard, the black cavalry will fight with a group of strongmen with his brothers, please quickly fight back against the city guard." (To be continued......)