We said goodbye to Lizai and walked out of the small courtyard, looking at the small window with orange lights in the dark, I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, such insight, such a bearing, is it a disciple of Confucius? What kind of person will Confucius be who "hears the Tao and dies at night"?

We left the village and continued east along the path made of the mud. On either side of the trail are fields of grass sprinkled with silver moonlight. In the fields, the frogs that don't want to fall asleep are still singing in unison the ballad of the summer night.

"Hongyun'er, you traveled to the world back then, but you also saw Confucius?"

Wuxian carried the bag on my back and said with a smile: "When Kong Qiu was in Wei, I saw him once at the home of his disciple Zilu. ”

"Do you know Zilu? Then can you take the opportunity to ask that Confucius for learning and politics? "As soon as I heard it, I was intrigued.

"I was still a hairy kid at that time, what did I want to study? Q: What politics? Moreover, this Confucius has always had a lot of complaints about his father's words and deeds. When Qing's father cast the punishment ding, he said that Jin was going to die in the country; Qing's father accepted Yanghu as a minister, and he said that Zhao was going to die. Even later, his father sent Dong Anyu to build Jinyang City, and he was scolded by him. I was young and vigorous at that time, and I didn't want to talk to him, so I left after competing with Zilu. ”

"It turns out that you also have such a child's heart." I chuckled, looked at Wu Xian and said, "Qing is quite old to cast the punishment tripod to ask Li Shu to know the law, and the construction of Jinyang City is to defend himself, I don't think there is anything wrong with these two things." However, a jackal like Yang Hu is a writer and minister, and he is also awarded a high position, so I really don't understand. ”

Yang Hu was originally a retainer of the Ji Sun clan of Lu Guo. He took advantage of the young age of the new suzerain to design and seize the military and political power of the Lu State from the hands of the Jisun clan. Now, the "Three Huans" of Lu State, who are regarded as the beasts of the flood by Lu Gong and Confucius, were all pinched in the palm of his hand by himself.

Later, he staged a coup d'état in the state of Lu, and after his defeat, he fled to Qi, and was quickly appreciated by Qi Jinggong because of his outstanding ability. He took the opportunity to win over the ministers in the Qi dynasty and instigated Jing Gong to attack Lu several times, only to make Jing Gong realize that this person was an ungrateful and ambitious man. So, an order was given to arrest him.

But the cunning Yang Hu fled when he heard the news, and he fled to the Jin Kingdom and fled into the Zhao family. In the end, Zhao Ying actually made this world-famous rebel thief the first assistant of the Zhao family.

"What's so strange about this, Yang Hu is a great talent, and his strategy and martial arts are outstanding, although his moral cultivation is far from being a gentleman, but it is not useless. Yang Hu once said after drinking that he served the master, and the lord was wise and careful, and if he was not good, he pretended to be treacherous and killed him. Father Qing is a strong lord, so he can naturally subdue him, a jackal. If the Zhao family has made achievements in the past few decades, then it must also have the merit of Yang Hu. ”

"I've seen this man once in your house, gloomy and fierce, just look at that face. How did Prime Minister know that he hadn't done anything to the Zhao family all these years? ”

Soon after Yang Hu entered the Zhao Mansion, he secretly recruited his retainers and embezzled treasury gold, wanting to replace the Zhao family. However, Qing's father only sent someone to send him a book and silk at that time, and he bowed his head. Shirtless turned to look at me mysteriously.

"What book? What was written? ”

"It is said that this book records everything Yang Hu has secretly done since he entered the palace, everyone he has met, and there is also a breakdown of the amount of treasury gold he embezzled."

"The prime minister knows! Then why not kill him? ”

"Father Qing didn't even ask about the crime, Yang Hu is still the first assistant of the Zhao family. In fact, today's Chen Heng is like the Yang Tiger of the past, he does have some ability to govern the country, but it is a pity that Qi Hou is not a strong lord and cannot control him. If you can't control it, you want to get rid of it, but you don't even have the ability to get rid of the thief. Compared with Qi Hou, the submissive Lu Gong is more interesting. ”

"Tut-tut, good rebellious Zhao Wuxian, listen to what you say. How can I look at you, you also look like a rebel and a thief? ”

"You say I'm a rebel and a thief?" Wuxian threw the burden on his back, and stretched out his hand to me with a wicked smile, "Since I am not a good minister, then just make trouble!" ”

"What are you going to do?" I screamed in fright and hid behind Innocent, "Innocent, help me—"

I grabbed Innocent's clothes and screamed and dodged left and right, if Innocent had played with us before, but today he was like a log in front of me, and his whole body was hard.

"Innocent, what's wrong with you? Where is it uncomfortable? I sensed something was wrong with him and quickly stopped.

"Look where you're going—" As soon as Wuxian saw me stop, he grabbed me under his arm and picked me up with his long hand.

"Zhao Wuxian, I'm not messing with you, let me down!" I smacked it on my shirtless waist.

At this time, Wuxian also noticed the strangeness of innocence, he squatted down and put me down, and said to Wuxie: "Wolf cub, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Why? Why can't I understand what you're saying? Who is Confucius, who is Ji Sun, what is Xingding, and what is Yongtian Fu? Innocent frowned, his face tense, and he seemed to be racking his brain for every word we had ever said.

"It's okay to be innocent, it's good if you don't understand! If you understand, you're not innocent, you're a bad person! I said, squinting and glancing defiantly at Shirtless.

Wuxian smiled faintly, pointed his finger at me, and opened his mouth to say silently: "You too-"

"Zhao Wuxian, don't be too complacent!" Wuxian suddenly turned his head and looked at Wuxian directly, "You know a lot, and you have a lot of methods, but one day I will understand what you say, and one day I will be better than you!" With that, he shook off my hand and ran forward without looking back.

"Innocent, where are you going-" I hurriedly turned around to chase after him, but was pulled by Wuxian: "Ah Shi, you have raised him for three years, and he is no longer a child." Since he follows us, there are many things in this world that he always knows. ”

"No, he doesn't need to know, he's fine that way!" I threw down a sentence and threw off my shirt and ran after Wuxie.

The more you know about the things in this world, the more dangerous it becomes, and the more you know, the harder it is to be happy. Thinking, calculating, and scheming, these things are all evil. At this time, I pretended not to understand Wuxian's words, pretended not to see the deep depression and pain of Wuxi, and only stubbornly believed that Wuxian was still a child, a child who would always be by my side......

For the next few days, I never talked about anything related to politics in front of Innocent or Innocent, but Innocent remained sullen. Sometimes, when the three of us were eating together, he would stare at me and Wuxian in a daze, as if he was trying to think about something, but when I asked him, he would turn his head away and keep silent. In the past, a pot of meat soup could coax happy children, but now they don't laugh no matter how much they coax. I was distressed and frustrated, and I only felt that I had just arrived ten days ago, and in ten days I would be worried about becoming a gray-haired old woman.

On the third day after leaving the convoy, we arrived at Yiyuan City. This is where the source of Yishui is, and Wuxian and I sit on the riverbank and watch the porters deliver bags of goods to the merchant ships.

"Innocent, didn't you say you had something to tell me last time on the mountain? Did you bully Si'er while I wasn't there? "Innocent sat still and didn't speak, so I had to find an excuse to talk to him.

Innocent glanced at me and said sullenly, "Well, I bullied her." That Yu An helped her speak, and I also had a fight with him. Si'er was so angry that he threw himself into the water to die. ”

"What? She threw herself into the water and died! "Innocence is an understatement, but I was shocked when I heard it.

"She knew how to swim, but she sank in the water and wouldn't come out. Later, it was the man she liked who jumped into the river and fished her out. Innocent looked at me with the corners of his mouth curled, not apologizing or justifying. A pair of eyes are clearly saying, I won't explain, just scold as you like! Anyway, I'm just not sensible, anyway, I just don't have Zhao Wuxian's ability.

I looked at him like this, and sighed helplessly: "Then did you apologize to Si'er later?" ”

Innocent lowered his head and pursed his mouth, nodding slightly.

"You should apologize to her, I have nothing to do with her this abduction. She was already frightened, how sad she must have been when you made such a fuss. When we arrive in Lu country, you can accompany her again. In the future, think more about other people's feelings before speaking and doing things, and don't just try to be happy for a while. ”

"Hmm." Innocent hung his head in response.

"Is there anything else you want to tell me about besides this?"

"What?"

"I heard that you made a bet with Wuxian?"

"Oh, let's make a bet to see who can find you first." Innocent picked up a few pebbles from the ground and put them in the palm of his hand, rubbing them constantly.

"What's the stake?"

"If he wins, I'll send him for a month?"

"And what if you win?"

"Fuck off!" Innocent glanced at the cyan back on the riverbank and threw the stone out of his hand fiercely.

When I heard this, I couldn't help but laugh: "I didn't expect your wolf temper to be even more ruthless than his Zhao Wuxian!" And then what? You lost, what did he want you to do? ”

"He asked me to apologize to the four girls, apologize to Yu An, I can't go to the Qi Palace to find you. If I want to go to Liuzhou to meet you, I must first go to Luming Tower to find at least three Chen secret agents, otherwise I will send me and Si'er to Lu Kingdom. ”

"He told you to go to the agent? Why? ”

"He said that I always stay by your side, but I don't understand people's hearts, I don't understand the world, and one day I will be used by others and become more dangerous than the four girls."

The shirtless words were like a needle piercing my heart. Innocence and Si'er are my weaknesses. If one day, someone uses their innocence and kindness against me, against Wuxian, the consequences are indeed unimaginable. Wuxian had obviously realized this, so he asked Wuxian to go to Luming Tower to find Chen's secret agent. But if I let him erase Si'er and the innocent innocence from now on, I can't do it.

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