Chapter 10: Confucius's Bereavement
Kongqiu Avenue, Suppress the Demon Tiger! The news spread.
For a time, in the territory of Lu State, large and small sects, each sect had strong people come to study.
Confucius did not have too strict requirements for those who came to study, and he was allowed to observe Confucius's learning by offering a bowing ceremony. And the apprenticeship that Confucius wants is even simpler, book!
Bring the books they have collected and come to teach Kongqiu.
For a time, the name of Confucius became famous in the country of Lu.
Zilu, Duanmu Ci, Nangong Jingshu and other earlier students were even more busy and extremely attentive. And Kong Qiu also attached great importance to these disciples, in addition to teaching the study of the Great Dao, he also gave them some guidance on their practice.
This guidance made all the students see the erudition of Confucius.
No matter what kind of exercises, no matter what mysterious spells, in front of Kong Qiu, it is so easy, in just a few words, he can point out a broad road, so that the disciples are more and more convinced.
At this point, all the powerful immortals discovered that what they practiced was really only some small paths, and what the teacher passed on was the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.
Don't listen to the avenue, study the trail? A group of immortals suddenly felt embarrassed.
The students learned Confucius's 'etiquette', and became more and more sincere in dealing with people, abandoning the pride of being high in the past, and getting along with the people around Qufu Queli very well.
So much so that now in Qufu Que, the door is not closed at night, and the road is not forgotten, and it looks like a great rule.
During this period, as Kongqiu's reputation became more and more famous, Sanhuan sent people to invite, King Lu sent people to invite, and even outside the Lu country, there were rumors that Kongqiu was wise and sent people to invite.
Kong Qiu didn't go anywhere, just in Qufuque, studying knowledge.
During this period, in addition to Kongqiu, Zilu, Duanmuci, Nangong Jingshu and others also gradually touched the edge of the avenue, learning the avenue of Kongqiu, one by one surrounded by righteousness, and the white pillars of light rushed to the sky, as if they had their own avenues.
And behind Kong Qiu, the big river is surging, and above the sky, a big lake is formed, a big lake with white righteous qi condensed, and above the big lake, there is no longer only one word 'li'.
Headed by the word 'li', the words 'poem', 'book', 'music' and 'easy' began to be used. At the same time, some vague passages seem to form a general outline, surrounding the ritual characters, as if forming a disk.
Kong Qiu understood that this was the Great Dao Roulette that he had realized, but now, it was only a prototype.
After a day of lecturing, Confucius chatted with his students and wandered through a mountainous area near Qufu Queli.
"Teacher, students have been following the teacher for ten years, and the teacher is now sorting out countless books more and more thoroughly, and the books given to us can be described as every word, I thank the teacher for his generous teaching!" Uncle Nangong respectfully bowed to Kong Qiu.
"Thank you, teacher!" All the students bowed to Kong Qiu gratefully.
At this moment, Kong Qiu is no longer a child, ten years have passed, Kong Qiu is now seventeen years old, although his appearance is still not obvious, but he has an otherworldly temperament.
This temperament makes Kong Qiu like the stars holding the moon, and he is attracted by it.
Seventeen-year-old Kongqiu, although he has not practiced, he still has normal physical training, and he looks quite strong.
Kongqiu grabbed a longbow and shot it into the distance.
"Whew!"
The arrow feathers pierced a long deer in an instant.
"Teacher, good archery!" Suddenly, a student shouted.
Confucius glanced at the student. The student blushed and lowered his head in embarrassment.
Obviously, this sycophant is too fake. It's all a group of immortals here, cleaning up a sika deer, and still need to drink high?
"You don't have to be embarrassed, you think that the teacher is now in good shape and can fix the deer with one arrow, but next time, you don't need to use spells to help the teacher restrain the feet of this deer!" Kong Qiu laughed.
"Ah, ...... teacher knows?" The immortal disciples were immediately embarrassed.
"It's not a shame to miss a shot for a teacher, why does a teacher often go out to hunt in addition to reading books and lecturing, just to tell you that there are no cultivators among you! I know that you are learning from me, using ordinary flesh to perceive the majesty of the avenue, but you also have to remember one thing, a gentleman has six arts, etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics! Among them, "shooting" is to exercise the body, and do not ignore the growth of the body because of the study of knowledge! A strong physique can make your knowledge more profound! Kong Qiu said.
"Yes!" Among the students, those who did not practice nodded their heads.
"The six arts of a gentleman, the foundation of the world, practice for the teacher, Wang'er and so on!" Kong Qiu said solemnly.
"Thank you for your teachings!" A group of students responded.
"Okay, my mother's health is not good, just right, use this venison to regulate some body-tonifying food! Make up for my mother! Kongqiu said.
"Teacher, I'll get it!" Suddenly, a student stepped forward to carry the prey.
Just when Kongqiu was about to take the students to look elsewhere.
"Teacher, it's not good, teacher, grandmother, grandmother is dying, teacher!" Zilu ran anxiously from a distance.
Grandmother? Kong Qiu's mother, Gan?
When Kong Qiu heard Zilu's words, his face suddenly changed: "What's the matter?" Let's go, talk as you go! ”
Yan's health has always been bad, these years, Kong Qiu wanted to ask her to practice, but she didn't want to, a group of students found all kinds of elixirs, and Yan refused to take a bite. He will only eat mortal things.
No matter how much Kong Qiu persuaded him, it was useless, and now, Kong Qiu was still counting on the sika deer he hunted to make his mother eat something good, but ......!
Kong Qiu hurried to his home, followed by a group of students, all with extremely solemn faces.
When Kong Qiu returned, the house had been surrounded several times, and Kong Qiu's students were spontaneously maintaining order.
Kong Qiu rushed into the house in an instant.
In the room, Yan was lying on the couch, angry, and a group of people were standing on the side wiping their tears. Yan seemed to be still waiting, holding on to his eyes.
"Mother, why did you suddenly ......!" Kong Qiu stepped forward and immediately knelt down beside Yan's bed, holding Yan's hand tightly.
Kong Qiu knelt down, and all the students behind him knelt down.
Even if Yan was just an ordinary mortal patient, a group of immortals did not hesitate at all, the teacher knelt down, how could there be a reason for the student to stand?
"Qiu'er, it's okay, my mother knows that I am leaving, my mother is happy!" Yan smiled weakly.
"Mother!" Kong Qiu suddenly felt anxious.
"You don't need to treat me, I know that your students' medical skills are good, and they have saved countless Zhuang neighbors, but don't treat me, and you don't treat me!" Yan said stubbornly.
"Mother!" Kongqiu's eyes moistened.
Yan gently touched Kong Qiu's cheek and wiped his tears, revealing a proud look.
"Mother died fourteen years ago, with your father, the heart is dead, these years, just can't bear you to be lonely in the world, only to hold on, see you now, pedantic heaven, see how many students follow, mother has been content, mother knows, you have finally grown up!" Yan said softly.
"Mother! You'll be fine! Child......! Kong Qiu said with red eyes.
"I don't want to be good, I want to see your father, I miss him so much, before your father died, I told him, let him wait for me, when I raise you as an adult, I will go to him, Qiu'er, I can go to see your father!" I'm glad I've been with you all these years, it's time to accompany your father! Yan said softly.
Kong Qiu only held Yan's hand. His eyes were even more moist.
"Before leaving, there are two things to explain to you!" Yan said.
"Mother, you say, the child will definitely do it!" Kong Qiu said with red eyes.
Yan's weak hand broke free from Kong Qiu's hand and beckoned not far away.
On the side, there was a group of people standing, and they suddenly stepped forward, and at the front was a teenager, thirteen or fourteen years old.
"Mother knows, you recruit disciples, but, as there are more and more students, there are fewer and fewer people who want to hear your sermons every day, because, after all, the front position is occupied by early students, Mother has a selfish heart, Mother is from the Yan family, back then, your father wanted to take a concubine, because he was old, no family was willing, it was the Yan family, and he promised to marry me to your father, I know, you and the Yan family are not close, but, it is my mother's family, the Yan family is withering, now, if the Yan family wants to revitalize, there must be a capable person, but, How do you have the ability? I know that you have always been fair, so my nephew, if I want to learn from you, I will definitely rank after you brothers according to the number of etiquette, but this is the only seedling in my mother's family, I hope you can help me take care of it! Yan Shi looked at Kong Qiu and said softly.
"The mother's mother's family is the child's mother's family, and she will definitely take care of this nephew!" Kongqiu's eyes moistened.
Yan looked at the people of the Yan family.
"Little sister, don't worry, we won't make trouble for Qiu'er!" An older man said.
As he spoke, a group of people pushed the thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy.
"Yan Hui, meet the teacher, thank you grandma!" The boy immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
Kongqiu nodded.
The Yan family also showed a sigh, obviously, the mother family is a heart disease of the Yan family, and now, the son promised to help, but he also had a heart disease.
"One more thing!" With his other hand, Yan took out a piece of jade pendant.
It was very solemnly handed over to Kong Qiu.
"Although you are the reincarnation of Daxian, but, my mother still remembers what your father thought about back then, although you are a concubine, but, your mother has no son, and Meng Pi has a foot disease, so your father has always regarded you as a son-in-law, your father has always had a regret, that is, out of the Song Kingdom, to the Lu Kingdom, I feel ashamed of the ancestors, and I did not return to the ancestral temple of the Song Kingdom to death, to comfort the ancestors, if you have time, go back to the Song Kingdom for your father, worship the ancestors, okay?" Yan looked at Kong Qiu and said solemnly.
"Yes, the child must return to the Song Dynasty to worship his ancestors!" Kong Qiu said with red eyes.
"This jade pendant, but also your father asked me to give it to you, he is in the Song Kingdom, there is a friend, is the Song State of the Qi official, generations of Qi officials, so the" Qi Guan' as the clan, you return to the Song Dynasty, give this jade pendant to the head of the Qi official family, they will recognize, your father and he ordered a baby for you at the beginning, hehe, who would have thought, this is so many years!" Yan weakly handed over the jade pendant to Kong Qiu.
Doll pro?
A group of students lowered their heads, revealing a look of astonishment, the teacher still has a baby parent? With the jade pendant, go to the official's house and marry a daughter of his back?
"Mother!" Kong Qiu suddenly felt bitter in his heart.
However, his mother was so weak that Kong Qiu couldn't bear to defend himself.
"Yes, the child will go to the official's house!" Kong Qiu said calmly.
As if he had finished explaining everything, Yan's figure suddenly softened.
There is no pain of being seriously ill and dying, there is only a happy smile.
"Husband, I'm here to see you!" In Yan's weakness, he seemed to see Shu Liangsu's smile in his eyes.
It's as if Uncle Liang Su brought someone to carry a sedan chair to pick up Yan's general, everything, just like when he got married, Uncle Liang Su married Yan.
"Mother!" Kong Qiu cried bitterly.
But it was Yan who had already swallowed his last breath with a smile.
In the midst of Kong Qiu's crying, he reached out and pinched the void, and suddenly a golden light entered the center of Yan's eyebrows.
This hand, the eyes of all the students who watched widened, this, what kind of means is this? Isn't the teacher uncultivated?
"Mother, the child knows, preventing you from Yang, but it makes you miserable, what the child can do is to use the book of life and death to reincarnate you back to your father's side, may your father and mother be born in the next life, and then get married!" Kongqiu poked his hands a little.
"Buzz!"
The void trembled slightly, as if streams of reincarnation light flashed in all directions.
A gust of wind blew, and countless students gasped, revealing a look of horror, teacher, what kind of means is this?
"Woooooooooo
A mournful sound resounded throughout Qufuque.