Chapter 80: Passing the Torch

Li Sheng personally went to the Vermilion Bird Gate and led Wang Anfeng to drive into the palace, originally only the nobles in the palace could drive in through the Suzaku Gate, that is, the eunuchs went out to buy something, and they could only enter and exit through the side door, which was the rule of the Ouchi guards.

The two weapons in the hands of the two Jingo were staggered, intending to stop the carriage.

Li Sheng slowly took out something from his cuff and shook it in front of the two guards, and the guards who had to stop the carriage before because of their duties immediately sighed in their hearts, retreated to the sides, and knelt on the ground respectfully, obviously the weight of the thing was extremely heavy.

Wang Anfeng drove forward.

The last time I came, even though it was late at night, the eunuchs and palace maids who could still be seen walking around with their heads bowed and walking around everywhere in the palace, it was now morning, but Wang Anfeng saw it all the way, it was cold everywhere, except for Li Sheng, there was no one else.

Li Sheng put his hands in his cuffs and walked slowly beside the carriage.

is not in a hurry, but is always on Wang Anfeng's side.

Wang Anfeng was in a low mood at the moment, and the eunuch who had a powerful position in the palace just nodded slightly, no longer spoke, and the carriage was led all the way to the side gate of the Taiji Palace, Wang Anfeng looked at this building with the most central power in Daqin.

Until a familiar figure appeared in his sight.

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In the carriage, Jiang Shouyi held his wife's palm and only said one word, I am back.

The woman was no longer able to cry.

Wang Anfeng's mouth could not contain a smile, the tense nerves relaxed, replaced by a feeling of relaxation and joy, the white-eyed laughing tiger Li Sheng stood in front of the Taiji Palace, arched his hand towards the carriage, and said softly: "The last general will not send the mansion master." ”

"There are dots all the way, and the lord of the mansion will go to see the master out of the city, and no one will stop him."

Wang Anfeng looked at the tall and solemn Taiji Palace, the glazed tiles on it were shining in the winter sun, but they were not as cold and impersonal as he had seen before, but there was some warmth, Wang Anfeng thought that this was about spring, retracted his gaze, and saluted Li Sheng, saying:

"Thank you."

Li Sheng smiled and said nothing.

Waiting to see Wang Anfeng's carriage leave, Li Sheng exhaled softly, turned his head and walked back to the palace, the Taiji Palace without hundreds of officials was still as high as solemn, but it revealed a cold feeling, Li Sheng did not make a footsteps, walked through the empty and cold hall, and turned into the door of the imperial study.

The door was not closed.

It can be seen to what extent Jiang Shouyi's state of mind has been lost.

Li Sheng saw that in the imperial study, the emperor stood with his hands in his hands, looked out the window, and watched Jiang Shouyi leave.

The imperial study is not big, far less than the Taiji Palace.

But he looked at the emperor, but he felt that the distance was getting farther and farther away, and he remembered that when the lord of the Shenwu Mansion left Tianjing City, the emperor at that time was in the East Palace and quietly looked at the direction of the city gate. On the first day of his ascension to the throne, the emperor sat alone on the throne, looking at the empty hall, the palace outside, the stars in the sky and the lights in the distance.

He vaguely remembered that when he was young, the boy was called a brave and heroic man.

But he felt that Emperor Mingjun and the young man who rode horses arbitrarily when he was young were no longer the same person.

In his memory, they once practiced for their friends, violated the rules of the palace, escaped from the palace walls early on horseback, and used sweat and blood horses and hardware forging swords as the etiquette for identification, and once secretly ran with friends to drink flower wine, and finally knelt in front of the royal ancestral hall.

It is said that the emperor is ruthless.

For the third time, the emperor has seen his confidant go away.

Li Sheng gently closed the door, stood outside the imperial study and waited quietly, after a maximum of half a pillar of incense, the emperor of Great Qin had pushed the door out again, his eyebrows were calm and powerful, and he said calmly:

"Go and call the old gentleman of the Lu family."

"I want to talk to him, and I think he has a lot to say to me."

With a shock to his robe, he walked forward slowly, walking past the cold and empty palace.

Behind him, Li Sheng saluted respectfully.

"No."

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The carriage exited the palace from the Suzaku Gate.

Wang Anfeng drove the carriage towards the gate of Tianjing City, which was the closest to here.

He carefully controlled the carriage, did not let the carriage pass through the area with the most pedestrians at this time, nor did he pass the original Jiang family and Taixue, he deliberately made a big circle, he had just come from there, and knew what those people would say.

He at least hoped that Jiang Shouyi would not hear those words when he left Tianjing City.

His little caution could not escape Jiang Shouyi at all.

A gentle voice came from behind, or let him go from Taixue once, Wang Anfeng was silent and let the carriage turn around, in the sound of the carriage wheels, the carriage turned in the direction of Taixue, and sure enough, compared to the Jiang family, there were more people around Taixue, among which the people and scholars were the most.

Especially those who failed in this assessment.

Young and vigorous, I don't think that my failure is a problem of talent, I only think that Jiang Shouyi is a bully, everyone is angry at this moment, holding the truth they know and opening their mouths loudly, if others don't know, they think they are noble, and they add oil and vinegar to tell others, if someone raises doubts, it seems to be a shame and humiliation, and loudly reprimanded.

I also heard that the lord of the Shenwu Mansion was murdering with a sword in front of the Jiang family, and the crowd was even more angry.

I can't wait to rush into Taixue together, the carriage has to slow down on this road, I have seen this carriage and Wang Anfeng on the carriage before, the more fierce he scolded before, but the more strange he looks at this moment, he retreats again and again, and no longer says that he wants to make the Lord of Shenwu Mansion atone for his sins.

Jiang Shouyi said softly: "This time, An Feng will still involve you." ”

Wang Anfeng replied: "If the teacher has something, the disciple will obey him." ”

Jiang Shouyi smiled and said softly:

"If you think about it, if the people are enlightened, there should be fewer such things in the future."

Then he said: "There are three or five miles of Merlin after Taixue, over the years, it has bloomed better every year, you can still come here to see it in previous years, maybe it will be better than this time." ”

"There are still some tea sets and books at home, as well as some notes, which can be picked up if you have time."

It's all warm and small things, and Wang Anfeng responds to them one by one.

The carriage slowly drove through the gate of Taixue, and under the old tree opposite Taixue, an old man in a master's suit had a sad face, looking at the angry young students, and burst into tears.

His sorrow is not the death of his nephew.

The husband can die as he deserves, and he dies of martyrdom, which is not inferior to Mount Tai, which is something that many people can't ask for.

Although he was sad, he only felt that he should sing wildly in order to live up to what his master and nephew had done.

What he suffers is the young people in front of him who are being taken advantage of.

The person he is sad about is the one who stands up for the people but the people hurt him the most, the person he is sad about is that such a person leaves, but not many people will feel uncomfortable, no one understands Jiang Shouyi's ambition and spirit anymore, and in the end it will be like a ripple falling into the water to be smoothed, ten years, a hundred years later, no one will remember the scholar, and every time he thinks about it, he can't sleep all night.

He even kept asking himself in his heart, so too learned, it was like a long night, and a person turned into a candle, which was only illuminated for a moment.

Maybe it's still a long night after that, is it worth it?

Jiang Shouyi crossed the side of the carriage and saluted respectfully in the direction of the old man.

Back then, it was the old man who spared no effort to allow him to return to Taixue.

It was also the old man who supported his recklessness.

The carriage drove slowly.

This time, after all, I have to leave Tianjing City.

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Ten miles outside the gate of Tianjing City, there is a ten-mile causeway, planted with willow trees.

In previous years, every spring, when the willow tree sprouts, the ten miles of willow pavilion will be a gratifying green, it is not yet time, although it has passed the middle of winter, but there is still a period of time from the spring, so this folding willow farewell, there are really not many people, the empty willow branches are swaying in the wind, and there is also a little desolate.

A scholar in a cloth coat walked to the side of the willow embankment early and sat on the stone next to the willow embankment.

The clothes on his body are white, but they are very clean, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows have a unique vigor and sharpness of young people, but they are also quiet, there are two books next to the scholar, take a dry and hard bun, eat the bun with hot water, read the book carefully, and be meticulous.

He was not the first to come, this place where not many people stayed in the past before and after the New Year's Pass, but now there are many more people, and there are sparse pedestrians coming and going to Tianjing City on the side of the road, and I am curious to look over and find that there are some scholars here.

It is a rare situation to have so many people at this time, but today there are nearly 100 people, and they are all scholars, which inevitably arouses some curiosity in people's hearts.

An old gentleman with gray hair heard the coachman say this, and ordered the coachman to stop the carriage first, and went out of the carriage to look over, and sure enough, he saw dozens of scholars at the Liuting Pavilion.

Although the old man is a businessman, he has always envied the elegance of Confucianism, and after he became a family, he went to read books whenever he had spare time, and he read until now, and he also tasted the three flavors of the book a little, and at this moment he looked at it from a distance, and couldn't help but murmur:

"How can the Zhilan Jade Tree become such a long causeway?"

The coachman didn't understand, and said curiously:

"Trees?"

"The willow tree hasn't budded yet, sir."

The old man laughed, pointed to those scholars, and explained: "Zhilan Yushu is the truth and taste of the book that the reader reads, it is a rare jade and talent, do you know?" ”

The coachman still didn't quite understand, but the old man was so energetic, and he still echoed:

"I see, no wonder I look at the past, it seems that the willow tree on the causeway has grown leaves in winter, it looks tight and tight, like a rejuvenation."

The old man was slightly stunned, and then pointed to the coachman and laughed: "Yes, yes, but you also said something tasteful, it seems that you have been forced to read books all these years, and you have not read in vain, Hugh is going to put on a stinky face, and will not let you read, go back today, and reward you with a few wine money." ”

The driver was puzzled, but he still thanked him.

The old man turned his head, and had the intention of knowing these young scholars in the past, but after looking at the atmosphere over there, he still didn't take the initiative to go, just when he got into the carriage, he wondered when there were so many brilliant scholars in Tianjing City? How have you never heard of it?

But I don't know which big family came out.

The old man entered Tianjing City with doubts, and another carriage immediately left the city.

When the old man saw that the young man driving the car was also very generous, almost with the atmosphere of a three-point abyss, he couldn't help but be even more surprised in his heart, and he secretly said strangely.

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The scholar in cloth at the causeway had already read the book once.

A young man with slightly better clothes than him sat next to him, and the scholar in cloth had flat eyebrows and eyes, and gave way to the side, perhaps knowing that this person was coming, he didn't want to read the book again, and put a willow leaf bookmark in the book, and put it away carefully.

The young man next to him spoke:

"Shuyuan, are you still reading Master's book?"

He paused in his voice, then smiled and said, "Didn't you read that book when you were seven years old?" ”

The scholar of the epigraphy Shuyuan said plainly: "The master's truth is profound, the experience is insufficient, and no matter how many times you read it, you can't understand the true meaning, and it is not just by looking at the so-called Confucian commentaries to be able to comprehend, if you can see through the truth, it is like stepping on the master's footprints step by step." ”

"I don't know if I'll be able to read half of it in my life."

Liao Xingzhi next to him said helplessly: "Although I think the master's book is very good, but it will not reach the level you said, you are about to enter the Ministry of Officials, didn't you say that you want to see the position of the three princes?" Why, is it possible that you still plan to rule the world by relying on half of the Analects? ”

Zhao Shuyuan said calmly: "Who can know what will happen in the future?" ”

Liao Xingzhi smiled and said softly: "Yes, who knows what will happen in the future?" ”

"I was still thinking about inviting the master to have a glass of wine, but I didn't expect that His Majesty invited the master into the palace first."

"There's never a chance again."

His voice lowered, and the expression of Zhao Shuyuan, who had been calm next to him, also fluctuated, and then pursed his lips and said: "This is the master's choice, if you really want to be worthy of the master, then be a good official, worthy of heaven and earth, worthy of me, and worthy of the master." ”

Liao Xingzhi muttered: "Yes, Master's choice." ”

"What did the master ask you to get into the Taixue? I've always been curious, you haven't told me, it's always okay now, right? ”

Zhao Shuyuan replied calmly: "A Great Qin Tongbao." ”

"There will be a hundred years later, a world of rivers and seas."

Liao Xingzhi smiled and said softly:

"We owe the world to the Master."

In the distance, the carriage slowly tightened, and slowly drove by, many young people did not feel unusual, until a few piano sounds came from the carriage, Zhao Shuyuan suddenly got up, this bearing was calm, and he wanted half of the book in the arms of the scholar who ruled the world, and the wrapped buns were sprinkled on the ground.

But he only muttered that the sound of the piano had been played by the master's wife, and then he straightened his clothes, and then arched his hands, put his left hand on his right hand, bowed deeply to the carriage, and said in a loud voice:

"Student Tianhe County Zhao Shuyuan."

"Send the Master!"

Liao Xingzhi reacted, his eyes were red, he bowed, and said:

"Student Tianjing Liao Xingzhi, send the master!"

"The student is always a great omen, send the master!"

"Student ......"

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The carriage slowed down and left.

Behind one by one, in the eyes of others, the future is flat, and the scholars who are about to rise to the top are all wearing green clothes, and the stigma in Tianjing City is unbearable, and everyone disdains the scholars to bow down, and a farewell sound came, and the green shirt swinged, and it was a ten-mile long pavilion to send each other.

The scholar in the carriage murmured softly.

I have passed the torch from generation to generation, and I will never fall.

There will always be a spark one day.

Why isn't it worth it?

PS: Today's update presents............

The number of words is relatively small, because it's Jiang Shouyi's finish, well, it's a leave, today's chapter, and then find a way to update a long chapter to make up for it.