As the days passed, Confucius sat on a blanket of needles, anxiously awaiting news from the other side of the border. The war did not happen, but the army of Qi did not leave. Winter is coming, and the Qi State did not send troops, so no one can guess what it means. Maybe? After winter, what about Qi sending troops again?

As soon as the Qi State does not withdraw its troops, the Lu State will always face danger. The kings of the Lu State and Sanhuan and Confucius were all restless.

Right now! The Lu State is mainly facing the threat of the Qi State, and other things don't seem to be a problem. Confucius, as a secretary, no longer performs the duties of a secretary. Lu Gong, Ji Huanzi and others gave him a task of slapping his face. That is: to be responsible for the restoration of the destroyed walls of the two cities.

The ruined walls of the two capitals had to be repaired quickly in order to cope with the invasion of Qi and foreign enemies. Only with the city walls, once the war comes, everyone has a place to hide. In a country that does not even have a city, when war comes, the king's ministers and people can only flee in all directions, and are hunted down and killed.

So! In ancient times, no matter how poor they were, they had to build cities. Just like modern people, no matter how difficult it is, you have to build a house or buy a house and have a home of your own.

The matter of repairing the city wall naturally did not need Confucius to go down and manage it personally. However, some materials have to be transported from other places. Confucius, the secretary, was responsible for coordinating the work so that the required materials could be purchased and transported quickly. In the Spring and Autumn period, transportation was very backward. So! This work is also important.

In fact! To put Confucius in charge of this matter is to let him slap himself in the face, every day.

Imagine? What does it feel like to let you do this every day, and wipe your own ass every day?

In fact! It's one thing to let Confucius be in charge of repairing the walls of the two capitals, and it's one thing to slap himself in the face, but it's true that he was relieved of his position as a priest just like that.

Since Confucius was responsible for repairing the destroyed walls of the two capitals, he was basically no longer concerned with state affairs. Even! Something won't tell him.

Imagine? Confucius wants to fall into the three capitals, and the Qi State is stationed on the border and is ready to attack the Lu State at any time, is there an inevitable connection between the two?

Isn't it? Confucius colluded with the State of Qi? He is the inner response, and he fell into the three capitals first. And then! The State of Qi sent troops to capture the State of Lu......

If that's the case? If you tell him about national defense, don't you?

Honestly! Until now, the identity of Confucius is still questionable: was he a spy? Is there some ulterior conspiracy between him and Qi State?

After another period of time, there was no news from the border side of the Qi State. Winter is coming, the ice and snow are snowy, and war is impossible for the time being. Even if you want to start a war, you have to wait until spring comes.

Normally, unless there is a special event, otherwise! Spring is a time when wars are rare. The real premeditated wars are all around the time of the autumn harvest. Because! In the autumn harvest season, not only is grain and grass guaranteed, but also grain and grass can be plundered, causing famine to the opposing country and speeding up the destruction of the defeated country.

And in the spring, we have to be busy with spring ploughing. In antiquity! The productive forces are backward, and it is very important to develop grain production. The military supports farming by visiting relatives on vacation or by directly engaging in farming.

This day! Confucius discovered: The Lu Palace began to prepare for next year's spring ploughing festival.

In previous years, he has been indispensable since he came out. In the past, that is, more than ten years ago, he joined the Taimiao. So! The major event of the spring festival is naturally indispensable to him.

However, there are some exceptions this year, Lu Gong, Ji Huanzi and others did not discuss with him. Thinking about the previous incident of the fall of Sandu, Confucius sighed in his heart. I thought: Do I still have the face to participate in the preparation of the spring festival?

After another two days, Confucius still couldn't hold back, walked forward, and asked the person who was doing the work, was he preparing for the spring festival?

"yes? Master Siko! The person asked looked surprised and asked, "You don't know about such a big thing?" ”

"Me?" When Confucius was asked rhetorically, he couldn't hold back his face on the spot.

"Go! Pour chili oil on the rat hole at the foot of the wall on the other side of the temple, and then set fire to it! Smoke out all those rats! Where else can I hide? ”

That's it! A master of ceremonies in charge walked over and shouted at the man.

Seeing Confucius here, he looked at Confucius with his eyes, walked over slowly, and looked up and down.

"Yes!"

"Get those shameless rats out, plug those holes with mud, and then! Scrub the temple inside and out......"

The master of ceremonies commanded while looking at Confucius with a sneer.

"What is this?" Confucius couldn't help but ask: "How can there be fumigation in the Taimiao?" Doesn't that blacken the inside? ”

Oil smoke is more difficult to wipe than smoke and cannot be wiped off at all. And! The more you rub it, the darker it gets. Where the fumes have been smoked, it is difficult to repaint in the future, and there is no paint on it at all.

"Lord Sikou!" The master of ceremonies replied, "If you don't have it, can those rats come out?" Isn't it? How can you see a person as he is without experiencing events? Isn't it? Only when something happens, it's clear whether it's a good guy or a bad guy! Isn't it? ”

"This?" Confucius couldn't answer. He heard it, and the other party was hinting at him: he was a bad person. If you don't go through the fall of Sandu, how can you see his true face?

That means: Fang Zhong and the others are good people!

Fang Zhong, in particular, was almost charged with resisting the decree and was forced to flee.

"Lord Sikou? What are you? ”

"Oh! Oh! Pass by! Pass by! I'm still in business! You get busy first! Confucius saw that the other party was not easy to mess with, so he quickly took his leave.

The north wind was whistling, and the leaves were flying on the ground.

Seeing Confucius walking briskly, the leaves flying on the ground behind him, the master of ceremonies smiled disdainfully and said to himself, "Look at what he can!" I also want to come over and ask about the Taimiao. In those years, without him Kongqiu, it seems that there has never been a big sacrifice in the Lu country? Under the whole world, he knows how to Zhou Li? ”

"Hehehe!" A colleague walked over with a smile, glanced at Confucius in the distance, and said, "His own butt hasn't been wiped clean yet, has he?" He wants to come to Taimiao again, can he? Is he embarrassed? The walls of both capitals have been destroyed, and now they have to be rebuilt. Is he embarrassed to come to Lu Palace? ”

"He still thinks of him as a squire!"

"Hehehe......"

"Hahaha......"

The two of them laughed out loud.

Confucius returned to Si Kou's office and sat there sulking for a while. And then! Think about the fall of the three capitals, and be sure that the mentally retarded. Unconsciously, I became depressed again.

At noon, it was estimated that the court was down, and he couldn't help but go to Lu Gong's side.

Since he was responsible for repairing the destroyed walls of the two capitals, he has stopped going to court. Lu Gong, Ji Huanzi and others did not let him go to court, saying that they asked him to concentrate on the work of repairing the city wall. Because! Repairing the city wall is a major matter, and the army of Qi may attack at any time. The sooner it is repaired, the more security it will have.

If you don't have anything special, don't come to the court, and concentrate on repairing the city walls. On the surface, he was asked to specialize in repairing the city wall, but in fact, he didn't want to see him, and indirectly demoted him from the position of the secretary.

Although Confucius knew that it was probably what he meant, where was he willing to admit it? So! He still couldn't help but come over today, and wanted to ask about the spring festival?

When the guards saw that Confucius was coming, they led him to the study. Before he reached the door of the study, Confucius heard the voices of Lu Gong and Ji Huanzi inside.

"How are the walls of Feiyi repaired?" Lu Gong asked.

Ji Huanzi replied: "The blessing of Tokongqiu did not destroy the city wall, but only demolished the upper part of the city wall, and the city wall is lower than before. Right now! The height of the walls has been built. It's just that! The new walls are not yet strong......"

(End of chapter)