"Is he your husband? Is he Kongqiu your husband? The shopkeeper pointed to Confucius and asked Min Ziqian and Zilu.

"Yes!"

"Why isn't he my husband? Be! ”

"Since both of you have confessed, let me ask you? Is he Kongqiu? The shopkeeper asked again.

Min Ziqian said angrily: "My husband's name is Kong Qiu!" But you? You don't have such disrespect, do you? My husband is in Lu country, that reputation, no one has called Mr. by his name like this for a long time! You? ”

Zilu also said on the side: "My husband Confucius, not only has a reputation in the Lu country, but also in the Great Zhou world, it is also just now!" ”

"Is he the same Kongqiu? The Confucius of the Lu Kingdom, known as the Confucius of Confucius? The shopkeeper ignored Min Ziqian and Zilu's anger and asked again.

"Yes!" Under the persecution of the shopkeeper, Min Ziqian and Zilu had to agree.

"Nakayu! Ziqian! Confucius shouted on the side.

The shopkeeper leaned back, glanced at Min Ziqian and Zilu, and ignored Confucius. said: "Since he is the Kongqiu, the Kongqiu who is called Confucius, is he still qualified to become a human teacher?" He is worthy of being a teacher, and he is misleading people's children!

Do you say that this matter has nothing to do with him Kong Qiu Mao? Can you not have it? As a teacher, he connived at students to make trouble, can he not be responsible? Doesn't it matter? He's right in front of him, he doesn't stop it, what kind of character is he?

You say I have a problem with my character! I'm going to do it! And the real problem is your teachers and students! A gentleman is not a gentleman, and a student is not a student! Who are they? What qualities? What virtues?

I didn't force you to stay in the hotel, did I? You lived there voluntarily, didn't you? Outcome! You stayed in the store but refused to accept it, so you spread rumors about me in the storefront, ruined the reputation of my inn, and made it impossible for me to do business in the future. Say it yourself? Do you have any character?

It's just that the hotel is more expensive, there are no beds and bedding, but the cost is more expensive than the first-class room. Unconvinced, he deliberately came out to harm me, said bad things about me in front of so many people, ruined the reputation of our inn, and let my inn suffer far more losses in the future than the thirty knives he collected! You guys? Do you feel your conscience and talk about it? Do you have any character?

Kongqiu! Do you think you have any character? Are you worthy of being a teacher? Have you misled people into teaching such students? Isn't it? Kongqiu! Isn't it? ”

Under the testimony of the shopkeeper, Confucius had to admit that the consequences of this incident were serious. Oh, yes! After the previous trouble, it really ruined the reputation of other businessmen and affected future business. In this way, the loss of business in the future will be far more than thirty knives.

It's not just thirty Song State knives, but priceless.

Confucius stood up, left the table, and bowed to the shopkeeper again.

"I'm sorry! Kong Qiu is ashamed to be a teacher, and the shopkeeper teaches ......"

The shopkeeper didn't look at Confucius, waved his arm at him, and shouted, "Go, go!" Virtue! When I got the certificate out, he gave me a salute and confessed my mistake. If I don't testify, what if he still talks to me sloppily and pretends not to know? He will still be Confucius, Sikou, and Mr. in the future, and will he continue to be like a human being? Who are they?

Kongqiu! Didn't you admit your mistake to me first and apologize. But! Scold your students first, don't let your students mess around anymore! You say you? Who are they? ”

"Shopkeeper! You've gone too far! Zilu stood up angrily and shouted at the shopkeeper.

Seeing that the shopkeeper didn't hang him at all, he slapped the table angrily.

"Smack!"

The wine bowl on the table and so on, jumped and made a "bang" sound.

Confucius stood there awkwardly, just like last time.

Min Ziqian can't stand this anger, but! He was a man of letters, and he did not know martial arts. If you can fight, immediately step forward and beat the shopkeeper.

"Look! You see! That's what you're wrong with! How do you teach your students? What do you think your students are? They also keep saying that I don't have a character, what kind of character do you think they are? They can't beat me, and if they can beat me, they'll fight me on the spot! You see? Isn't it? Zilu wants to fight me again! Earlier, he wanted to fight me! Look at your teachers and students, what kind of virtues do they have? What about character?

I know! Your teachers and students are famous in Lu country, maybe that's how they are famous, right? First the students blow outside! How to blow the gentleman. If someone testifies against it, they will first rely on it, and then beat it! Only if you can't rely on it, and you can't beat it, you can admit it. Isn't it?

And then! Change places and keep blowing! If someone testifies against it, they will first rely on it, and then beat it! Only if you can't rely on it, and you can't beat it, you can admit it. Isn't it? ”

"Zilu! Sit down! When Confucius saw that the shopkeeper ignored him and accused him, he was simply ashamed. In desperation, he had to shout at Zilu. And then! looked at Min Ziqian again, and glared at Min Ziqian. He shouted, "Don't you admit your mistake? Still making trouble? Do you still feel embarrassed and embarrassed enough? Get back! ”

Confucius took this opportunity to sit back on the stool. And then! Continue to shout towards Zilu and Min Ziqian: "You two, go back to sleep!" Isn't that shameful enough? Get back! ”

Under the reprimand of Confucius, Min Ziqian and Zilu had to leave the table and go to the backyard. Zilu's strength has not completely passed, and he walks a little floating, so Min Ziqian has to support him.

"I'm sorry! Shopkeeper! I'm wrong! I, Confucius, am willing to humbly ask the shopkeeper for advice and learn the way of being a man and a teacher......" Confucius stood up and bowed to the shopkeeper across the table.

The shopkeeper interrupted: "Don't learn from me, I'm just a businessman, and I don't know much." What you have to learn is not with whom, but! Go down to the Great Zhou Tian for a walk, walk around, and see the true face of this world, life in the world, instead of living in the beautiful world you imagined. Do you know what I mean?

A person's scope of vision is too narrow, and his ideological realm and vision are limited! It's like a frog in a well, all it sees is a patch of sky overhead. It thought! This is the sky, and the sky is that big.

You Kong Qiu is the same, you are a frog in a well, and what you see is only that you come into contact with that small range of world, Qufu in Lu country. You shouldn't have run all over the country of Lu, right? What can you know? Isn't it?

The Great Zhou world is so big, people in various places have different personalities, different folk customs, and different social contradictions, what do you say? What do you know? Do you think you can save the world by repentance?

If you want to be a thinker, to be a wise man of mankind, you need to go through it, instead of drawing a few terrains on the sand, and the branches of trees pointing between the terrains, thinking that you can lead the army and win the battle? ……”

Seeing that Confucius listened very carefully, Min Ziqian and Zilu left, and the shopkeeper didn't want to be so mean anymore, and became serious and serious.

"Kong Qiu has little knowledge! Kongqiu knows! Thank you for your advice! Thank you! ”

Confucius had to admit that he had read a lot of books, and his knowledge was really limited. He only went out twice in his life, once to go to the Song Kingdom to find his ancestors and marry the Qiguan family. Once I went to Luoyi in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and asked Lao Tzu. And these two times, he was not alone, he was accompanied.

(End of chapter)