Outside the Zhanlu Valley!

On a meadow, the Confucius students surrounded it, only in the center, Confucius sat on a soft cushion, waiting for Fan Li and Sun Wu.

At the invitation of Zilu and Yan Hui, the two came to Confucius's place.

"I've seen Mr. Confucius!" Fan Li and Sun Wu bowed slightly.

"You two, please be seated!" Confucius smiled slightly.

Fan Li is okay, now he is just an ordinary money and grain official in Yueguo, Sun Wu is the general of Wu State, and Wu Zixu is the founder of the military family in order to envelop himself, even before and after the saddle.

Now, the two of them gave Confucius a salute, and Confucius actually accepted it calmly? Don't even have a return gift?

Isn't this Confucius advocating Zhou etiquette? Why is it so rude?

Sun Wu also had a large volume, took a deep breath, nodded, and didn't say anything.

The two of them slowly knelt down on the cushion.

"I left in a hurry, I didn't bring anything out, I just borrowed a pot of warm tea from Ou Yezi to entertain the two!" Confucius laughed.

Zilu on the side immediately stepped forward, poured tea and handed it to the three of them.

"A gift from Master Ou Yezi?" Fan Li was surprised.

Sun Wu picked up the tea, and he was not polite, and took a sip. After drinking, he didn't speak, just looked at Confucius.

"Mr. Confucius, what did Master Ou Yezi say to you, why are you able to enter the Zhanlu Valley, but we can't? But Master Ou Yezi, is he willing to give you a holy sword? Fan Li asked curiously.

At the mention of the Holy Sword, Sun Wu's eyes suddenly lit up.

Taking a deep breath, Confucius looked at the two of them carefully.

"I'm leaving right away, I don't have time to wait for Ou Yezi to cast a sword, maybe in this life, I won't come here to teach the sword!" Confucius said.

"Oh?" The two of them looked puzzled.

"You really want Ou Yezi's sword?" Confucius looked at the two.

Sun Wu frowned and did not speak. Apparently there was a lot of desire in my heart.

Fan Li smiled slightly bitterly: "It's Gongzi Goujian, who wants the holy sword!" ”

"What about you?" Confucius looked at Fan Li.

"Me? Am I just a money and grain official in the Yue country, or a small money and grain official who was promoted by the literary genre and reused by the son, what is the use of me if I want the holy sword? There was sadness in Fan Li's voice.

"I can hear your soul weeping!" Confucius looked at Fan Li and said.

"Me?" Fan Li looked up at Confucius abruptly.

And Sun Wu also looked at Confucius in surprise, and then looked at Fan Li. What did Confucius mean by this?

"Maybe next, my words are a little deep, but, after today, maybe I and you will never see each other again in this life! I will not set foot in the land of Wu and Yue in this life, I hope you can listen to my words, and it can be regarded as a gift from me to you in this life! Confucius looked at the two and said solemnly.

The two looked at each other, puzzled in each other's eyes.

"My ability in this life is limited, I can't do more, and I don't have time to do more, just the next few words, I hope you will remember them!" Confucius said solemnly.

At this moment, Sun Wu suddenly got up and saluted Confucius: "I am willing to listen to Confucius's teachings!" ”

Sun Wu founded the military family, Sun Tzu's Art of War is to study some people's hearts thoroughly, and soldiers are not tired of deceit, but in the eyes of Confucius, there is only sincerity, and Sun Wu will naturally not put on a shelf anymore.

Regardless of whether what Confucius said is useful or not, at least, it is not harmful to himself!

"I wish to listen to the teachings of Confucius!" Fan Li also got up and bowed slightly.

Confucius looked at Fan Li: "I don't know how grateful you are to someone, but, I know that the current life is not what you want!" ”

"Me? Now life, I want! Fan Li shook his head.

In his current life, as long as he can get close to Xi Shi and see Xi Shi's smiling face every day, Fan Li is satisfied.

Confucius smiled slightly: "Do you want it or not, you know it yourself, I just want to tell you, you have to ask yourself every day, is what you want originally yours?" Who is it that makes you lose what you should have! Who is it? ”

"Huh? Mr. Confucius, I don't understand what you're talking about? Fan Li was puzzled.

"Repeat what I just said!" Confucius looked at Fan Lidao.

"What I want, did it belong to me? Who is it that makes me lose what I should have? Who is it? Fan Li frowned and looked at Confucius.

"Yes, that's it, Fan Li, your ability is beyond doubt, don't always be arrogant! Remember what I told you, you don't understand what it means now, because you haven't found yourself yet, and one day, you'll understand the meaning of this sentence! Confucius said solemnly.

"Huh? I! Fan Li didn't understand for a while.

Or, Fan Li seemed to have a guess in his ignorance, but he didn't dare to think about it.

"What should be said, I have already said, when will you understand it, when will you change everything, I believe that your ability, if it is fully exerted, will be extraordinary!" Confucius said solemnly.

Fan Li's face showed a look of doubt.

Although I can't understand it now, I can't understand it, but I still got up and bowed solemnly to Confucius: "Thank you, Mr. Confucius, I will remember your words and ask myself once a day." If you come to understand it thoroughly, thank you Mr. Confucius again! ”

Confucius nodded: "Just remember, you go back!" ”

"Huh?" Fan Li was slightly stunned.

Fan Li also wanted to ask Ou Yezi about it, but Confucius had already sent off the guests, which made Fan Li anxious and depressed.

However, Fan Li didn't dare to bother much after all, thanked Confucius, and walked away.

Sun Wu watched Fan Li leave in a daze, and when he walked back to the Yue country, he was questioned by Wen Chong.

"Mr. Confucius, you also like to meddle with their affairs?" Sun Wu suddenly laughed.

Confucius shook his head: "I can't control it, and I can't manage it, but if I don't do anything, it's not right!" This is Fan Li's catastrophe, and it should be resolved by himself! ”

"Mr. Confucius, I can see at a glance that Fan Li's calamity is in the Yue Kingdom, I wonder if Mr. Confucius, can he also see at a glance where the calamity is?" Sun Wu looked at Confucius and said curiously.

Confucius looked at Sun Wu and smiled slightly: "You? No calamity can stop you! ”

"Oh?" Sun Wu looked curious.

"I just want to remind you that Wu and Yue are places of right and wrong, and your talent should not only stay in Wu Yue's internal friction!" Confucius said solemnly.

"Hahaha, Mr. Kong is too much to look up to!" Sun Wu said disapprovingly.

"You trust Wu Zixu and them very much?" Confucius laughed.

Sun Wu took a sip of tea and did not speak, obviously, it was impossible to be provoked by Confucius with a word.

"I know, you want a holy sword!" Confucius said.

"Oh? Why did Mr. Kong teach me? Sun Wu's eyes lit up.

"How much does Wu Guo respect you, when the holy sword comes out, you should be able to realize that Ou Yezi's next sword, if nothing else, should mostly flow into Wu and Yue, and when the time comes, it will be clear if Wu Guo can give you a holy sword!" Confucius laughed.

"Mr. Kong, do you think that Wu Guo has obtained the holy sword, and he will hide it and not let me touch it?" A flash of disbelief flashed in Sun Wu's eyes.

"I won't say much about the future, maybe they will give you a handle? It's like Wu Zixu has a handle, but it's ......! Confucius laughed.

Sun Wu frowned slightly. Apparently do not believe in Confucius's provocation!

"Ou Yezi promised, give me a sword!" Confucius said.

"Oh?" Sun Wu's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Where I temporarily stored it in Ou Yezi, maybe I won't have a chance to pick it up in this life!" Confucius said solemnly.

"What do you mean?" Sun Wu said with a little shortness of breath.

"When you see the essence of Wu and Yue and break away from Wu and Yue, take this warrant and go to the Zhanlu Valley, and Ou Yezi will hand over my sword to you for temporary preservation! You take care of it for me! Confucius took out a warrant and handed it to Sun Wu.

Sun Wu opened his mouth and looked at Confucius incredulously: "Ou Yezi really gave you a sword?" ”

"Not bad! Ou Yezi and I are old acquaintances! Confucius nodded.

Sun Wu's eyelids jumped slightly, and he was skeptical of Confucius's words, but Confucius didn't need to lie to himself?

Confucius didn't have a chance to touch that sword in this life, let me keep it for me?

"What? You don't want to? Confucius laughed.

"No, it's just that everything came too suddenly, I don't know what Mr. Kong wants me to do?" Sun Wu asked curiously.

"I don't need anything, just keep it for me, it's enough! One day, when I come to collect it, return it to me. Confucius said solemnly.

"That's all?" Sun Wu said incredulously.

"That's all!" Confucius said solemnly.

Sun Wu looked at Confucius with a complicated expression, and finally smiled slightly bitterly: "Then I will thank Mr. Confucius!" ”

Sun Wu cautiously took the warrant handed over by Confucius! Looking at Confucius's gaze became more and more complicated.

"If so, so be it!" Confucius got up with a smile and said.

Sun Wu got up in confusion.

Looking at Confucius, he slowly stepped into the carriage.

"Mr. Confucius, if you get a sword in the future, I will find Mr. to be grateful!" Sun Wu said solemnly.

"No need, I may not be able to see you again in this life, don't look for me! Do it for yourself! Confucius shook his head.

Confucius stepped into the carriage, and the students led the carriage into the distance.

Leaving Sun Wu with a complicated expression, he looked at the carriage where Confucius had left.

"Sun Wu, what did Confucius say to you?" Wu Zixu stepped forward curiously.

Sun Wu hid the warrant given by Confucius in his sleeve and shook his head: "It's nothing! ”

"Oh? It's nothing? Nothing, nothing, that Confucius wanders around, is not treated by all countries in the world, and enlightens as a mortal, there will be nothing to be said in this life, don't care what he says! You are the general I recommended, the whole country of Wu has great respect for you, you can rest assured, King Wu and I will work hard to help you find a holy sword! Wu Zixu immediately comforted.

Sun Wu looked at the holy sword on Wu Zixu's waist, and pinched the warrant given by Confucius, and for a while, his expression was complicated.

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Seeing Ou Yezi is just a small episode on the way of Confucius's quest for the Tao, and Confucius's greatest pursuit in this life is to realize the Tao and realize the Confucianism and Taoism that will open peace to all generations.

As soon as I said goodbye to Ou Yezi, it would be another eleven years.

In the past eleven years, Confucius traveled around the world and once again suffered from the coldness of the people's hearts. At this moment, Confucius has reached the age of fifty-one.

At the age of fifty-one, the students never leave. All of their faces were full of perseverance towards the avenue.

On the side of a large road, Confucius and his students discussed the Tao.

At this moment, Confucius's hair was slightly gray, but his body was full of righteousness, and the sky above his head, the sea of avenues, reached 30,000 miles in size.

In the sea of 30,000 miles, Confucius's achievements today are brilliant and amazing.

The front Ziyu explored the way back.

"Teacher, we're in the Song Kingdom again!" Ziyu said.

"It's back!" Confucius, with gray hair, had a hint of sigh flashing in his eyes.

"Yes, in the Peidi of the Song Kingdom in front, the students heard that Lao Tzu is living in Peidi and is enlightened!" Ziyu said again.

"Lao Tzu?" All the students were stunned, and a solemn look flashed in their eyes.

At the same time, one by one, the students' eyes flashed with fierce intent. It seems that he wants to fight the Taoists again, in order to avenge the insult of Confucius in Luoyi by Lao Tzu's students.

The students all showed fighting spirit, and as they studied with Confucius for a long time, they felt that Confucianism was definitely not worse than Taoism, and who would admit that the road they had adhered to for decades was worse?

The students looked at Confucius together.

Confucius was fifty-one years old at the moment, and a complicated color flashed in his eyes.

It seems to be a little unwilling, as if a little relieved, as if letting go, and as if lingering.

"After all, there is a depression in my heart, since I am here, let's go and meet, Ziyu, you take my prayer to Lao Tzu, our carriage, and catch up with you soon!" Confucius looked at Ziyudao.

"Yes!" All the Confucius students clenched their fists and immediately drank in unison.

PS: Historical trivia, Confucius saw Lao Tzu twice in his life, once at the age of 30 in Luoyi, and once at the age of 51 in the Song Kingdom.