Chapter 36 The First Dispute between Kong and Lao
Luoyi! The surname of the merchant is at home!
As all the students of Lao Tzu stood at his door and picked up Confucius, the merchant surnamed Lao Tzu was suddenly in full swing, and countless relatives and friends came to inquire about the news.
Even some big families and officials in Luoyi sent people to inquire about the reason. The merchants surnamed Zi, who was originally struggling to do business in Luoyi, suddenly had countless customers inexplicably, which also made the merchants with the surname Zi very excited.
However, the most exciting thing is that at noon, when the scorching sun is shining, a team of guards fences the door of the merchant surnamed Zi, and does not let anyone approach.
"Master, it's not good, we're outside, we're surrounded by people, and we're not allowed to go in or out!" A butler anxiously rushed into the main hall.
In the main hall, the head of the family surnamed Zi solemnly received some officials and door valves!
"Brother Zi, let me take a look, which one of you who is not long-sighted dares to seal your home!"
"That's right, what doesn't have long eyes, this official has taught you a lesson!"
"Brother Zi, I'll help you solve the things that can't open your eyes, and you have to help me introduce Confucius when you go back!"
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A group of officials suddenly rushed to the door of the merchant surnamed Zi in high spirits, wanting to show off. After all, everyone came here to establish a relationship with Confucius through a merchant surnamed Zi, and the most important thing is to have a relationship with Lao Tzu, so it is natural to behave well at this moment.
You can rush to the gate.
"Poof!" The first Great Zhou official suddenly knelt down.
The officials behind were also strange: "Hahaha, Lord Wang, you just said that you wanted to vent your anger to your brother, why did you kneel?" Haha, look at what scares you, I'll come! ”
"Poof!"
The official who had laughed at the officials in front of him just now immediately knelt down. makes the people behind more and more puzzled.
It wasn't until I got closer that I saw that there were many guards outside the door, and there was even a chariot from the Son of Heaven.
Zhou Tianzi stepped forward and stepped into the home of the merchant surnamed Zi.
Zhou Tianzi?
"Meet Your Majesty!" Countless officials were immediately shocked.
Who would have thought that even Zhou Tianzi would come?
"Where does Kongqiu live?" Zhou Tianzi asked in a deep voice.
The merchant surnamed Zi suddenly stepped forward and knelt down: "Your Majesty, Confucius was picked up by all the students sent by Lao Tzu this morning!" ”
"Oh?" Zhou Tianzi frowned slightly.
"Your Majesty, Confucius is not here now!" The merchant surnamed Zi said respectfully.
"Where do they live, and are there others with you?" Zhou Tianzi asked again.
"Huh?" The merchant with the surname looked worried.
"Your Majesty asks you something, don't answer quickly!" The officials who were clamoring to clean up Zhou Tianzi just now immediately scolded the merchant surnamed Zi in order to make the merit of the crime.
"Also, there is Mrs. Confucius and her students, who live in the backyard, but ......!" The merchant surnamed Zi said with a worried expression.
"Lead the way!" Zhou Tianzi said in a deep voice.
"Huh? Your Majesty, Confucius is not here, can you wait for Confucius to come back and ......! The merchant surnamed suddenly said anxiously.
Confucius arranged his family in his own home, which was going to be disturbed, how could he have the face to return to the Song Kingdom to worship his ancestors in the future.
"What nonsense, lead the way!"
"Hurry up!"
"Your Majesty, I know the location, there!"
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A group of kneeling officials immediately stepped forward to show the way.
Zhou Tianzi didn't pay attention to the attitude of the crowd, and followed the leading officials and rushed inside.
"No, Your Majesty!" The merchant surnamed Zi said anxiously.
"Shut up, it is your honor for Your Majesty to enter your mansion!" The officials immediately reprimanded.
Zhou Tianzi quickly walked to the backyard.
In the backyard, Qi Guanchi, Ziyu, and Nangong Jingshu had already heard the voice.
When Zhou Tianzi walked to the backyard.
Qi Guanchi has already greeted him.
"Ji Zhu......, Zhou Tianzi, this is my husband's temporary residence, is it too rude for you to enter without telling me?" Qi Guanchi frowned.
"Bold, Your Majesty is here to ......!" An official was about to reprimand.
Zhou Tianzi waved his hand and stopped a group of officials.
"You all get out!" Zhou Tianzi commanded.
"Your Majesty?" The officials said blankly.
"Huh? Can't you listen to what I say? Zhou Tianzi said coldly.
"Yes!" With a sense of confusion, the officials retreated one after another.
In this way, only Zhou Tianzi was left.
Qi Guanchi still looked at Zhou Tianzi coldly.
Zhou Tianzi didn't pay attention to Qi Guanchi, but looked at the back room.
"Sister, are you here, why don't you want to see me?" Zhou Tianzi suddenly shouted eagerly.
However, there was no sound in the house.
"Zhou Tianzi, Bao Xi is not here!" Qi Guanchi said again.
"I don't believe it!" Zhou Tianzi's eyes widened.
Qi Guanchi smiled slightly: "It's useless if you don't believe it, besides, if my husband has the intention to hide Bao Xi, do you think you can find it?" ”
"You!" Zhou Tianzi's eyes were cold.
"Bao Xi is not here! You'd better look elsewhere! Qi Guanchi shook his head.
Zhou Tianzi stared at Qi Guanchi coldly.
Ziyu and Nangong Jingshu suddenly stepped forward and wanted to protect Qi Guanchi.
Just when the atmosphere in the backyard was solemn.
"Wow!"
Above the sky, there was a sudden sound of a phoenix.
As soon as Feng Ming came out, the entire Luoyi resounded with exclamations.
"Ah, Phoenix, so many Phoenix!"
"That's, that's a phoenix? A phoenix? ”
"How can there be so many phoenixes?"
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Countless voices rang out.
But I saw that in the sky where the scorching sun was shining, there were hundreds of phoenixes flying around Luoyi at this moment.
And in the center of this hundred phoenixes flying, there are nine phoenixes of different colors, pulling a chariot.
The chariot was parked in the sky, looking so noble and gorgeous.
Hundreds of phoenixes turned into human shapes, stood near the chariot, and saluted the chariot.
The curtain of the chariot opened, and slowly, a woman in a colorful robe stepped out of it.
The woman is high up, and under the light of the scorching sun, it is so divine and dazzling.
"Phoenix Ancestor?" Zhou Tianzi's face changed suddenly.
Standing on the terrace of the Jiufeng chariot, he was condescending, and looked coldly at Luoyi below.
"Phoenix Ancestor, you've found it?" Qi Guanchi's face changed.
"That's the Phoenix Ancestor?" Uncle Nangong Jing said in astonishment.
Just when everyone was worried, a phoenix guard beside the Phoenix Ancestor pointed downward.
Phoenix Ancestor's gaze followed the guard's point, and instantly looked at the small courtyard where Qi Guanchi was.
From a long distance, he looked coldly at the small courtyard where Zhou Tianzi was, condescending, like an emperor!
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The north of Luoyi, the top of the mountain!
Beside him, the water of the Yellow River is rushing and roaring, and Lao Tzu and Confucius are sitting quietly on the boulder.
The two of them did not let out the slightest breath, and their respective avenues did not show any of them, but just sitting like this, it made Lao Tzu's students feel the artistic conception of a peak duel.
No one dared to make a sound, for fear of affecting the people at the top of the two peaks.
There was a small stove next to it boiling tea, but the two of them didn't mean to drink it at all. It's just boiled.
Some Lao Tzu students wanted to come forward to pour tea for the two, but they were stopped by Lie Yukou, shook their heads, and couldn't come forward to disturb them.
After sitting for a while, Lao Tzu finally took the lead in speaking.
"Under the account of the Yellow Emperor, Cangjie made words, obtained the book of humanity, and took the great merits of the human race, he had words to Shennong, the Yellow Emperor, and the Emperor of Donghua, can you remember?" Lao Tzu looked at Confucius and asked.
"Cangjie promises, protect the bloodline of the Yellow Emperor, a Yuan Hui!" Confucius nodded.
"One Yuanhui, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred years, the time has come!" Lao Tzu said with a smile.
"A Yuan Hui?" Confucius stared at Lao Tzu with a complicated expression.
In the past, Cangjie, later Lao Dan, now known as Lao Tzu, has indeed fulfilled his former promise, a Yuan Hui time, keep his promise, and take care of the bloodline of the Yellow Emperor, until today's Zhou Tianzi.
Lao Tzu gently picked up the tea on the small stove next to him, poured a cup into the teacup in front of him, and then continued to put the tea stove on top of the small stove.
Just one cup of tea!
Lao Tzu handed the cup of tea to Confucius.
This is a cup of tea, more like a promise, through which the tea is returned to Confucius, as if to say, this promise ends here.
Looking at the tea handed by Lao Tzu, Confucius took a deep breath, solemnly took it, and took a sip.
Seeing Confucius drink a cup of tea he had poured, Lao Tzu smiled slightly, quite satisfied. Because of this mouthful, Lao Tzu no longer has to be fettered by the Great Zhou.
"Taking this opportunity to take care of the bloodline of the surname Ji, Your Excellency has also gained a lot, right?" Confucius looked at Lao Tzu.
"A Yuan Hui made me calm down, and I really understood a lot! Understood a lot too! I saw a lot more clearly! Lao Tzu nodded.
"See what?" Confucius asked.
"I have seen the Three Emperors and Five Emperors clearly, the Sword Spirit Clan of the generals, the struggle between the saints, the battle of the gods, the chaos outside the Sword Spirit Gate, and the Seven Saints of the past!" Lao Tzu said calmly.
"Oh? This one Yuanhui has been seen by you clearly? What do you think? Confucius asked curiously.
"It's too rigid and easy to break! They become history, they are all a certainty! It is inevitable to become the past! The way of heaven and earth is about great virtue! They? After all, give up the great virtue, and chase the small merit! Lao Tzu said calmly.
"Ha, hahaha, too rigid and easy to break, sacrificing great virtue and chasing small achievements? May I hear Lao Tzu's high opinion! What is great virtue? Confucius stared at Lao Tzu, and a trace of calm anger flashed in his eyes.
Generals and the Seven Great Sages, in the eyes of Lao Tzu, are not worth mentioning? You old man, your tone is really not small.
Lao Tzu pointed to the rushing water of the Yellow River.
"This is a great virtue! Be able to learn it! Lao Tzu said solemnly.
The water of the Yellow River?
Kong Qiu looked at the rushing water of the Yellow River and frowned: "What is the virtue of water?" ”
"The good is like water, the water benefits all things without fighting, and the evil of all people is the virtue of humility. Therefore, Jiang Hai can be the king of a hundred valleys, and he can be the king of a hundred valleys with his goodness. The world is weaker than water, and the strong can win, this is Roude; Therefore, the soft is better than the strong, and the weak is better than the strong. Because it does not exist, it can enter the infernity, so we can know the unspoken teaching, the benefit of inaction! Lao Tzu said solemnly.
Lao Tzu used water as a metaphor to explain to Confucius that its avenue is vastly different from the dispute between the ancient Seven Sages, and the ancient disputes are all based on the strong and strong, while Lao Tzu takes the weak as the strong, overcomes the strong with softness, defeats the strong with the weak, and is as good as water, expounding the recklessness of the ancient contentions.
And when it comes to the level of Confucius, it is natural to hear the vigor of Laozi's avenue. also felt a great sense of confidence from his words.
Compared with today's Laozi Avenue, the ancient generals and the Seven Sages competed for each other, which is indeed too rigid and easy to break, just like a reckless man competing with each other, sacrificing great virtue and chasing small achievements.
Taking a deep breath, Confucius nodded. picked up the tea stove on the side and poured a cup of tea for Lao Tzu.
With this cup of tea, Jing Laozi opened up a formal avenue.
Lao Tzu smiled slightly, took a cup of tea from Confucius, and took a sip.
It seems that the two have only poured each other a cup of tea, but the Lao Tzu students not far away understand that the battle between the two people's ideas has already begun.
The dispute between Confucianism and Taoism! The dispute between Kong and the old!