CHAPTER XLIII

The day before yesterday, I heard the Turkic Khan say in front of the palace that he heard that the annual Huangkou Yi Examination of the Great Jin Kingdom was on a grand scale, and the descendants of the saints had to participate, as well as outstanding children from all over the country, gathered in the palace on this day to compete and compete, which was very enviable. I also thought about the addiction of taking the exam, and made up my mind to take my youngest son and immediately set off to Luoyang. Who knew that there was a storm on the road, so he had to take shelter on the spot, and when he rushed to Luoyang City after the storm passed, he had missed the time to take the exam.

The person who came was a guest, and came from such a far away, in addition to expressing regret, the Jin Emperor warmly entertained the Khan and others for the friendship of the landlord.

The khan didn't follow, he couldn't just go back like this, he had to try to see if the children of their barbarians were more interesting or the children of the Great Jin Kingdom were more interesting, the Khan's tone of voice was full of gunpowder, obviously with a sense of provocation.

On that day in the palace, I could already see that this Turkic khan was not a good person, and it was clear that he was here to stir up trouble.

As soon as everyone is sitting, good wine and good food are just served. Emperor Jin first raised the stilted wine cup and said, "Welcome to the Khan, visit my Great Jin Kingdom."

The Turkic Khan, the second prince and the Turks who sat with them also drank it all.

Sure enough, when Emperor Jin asked the Turkic Khan, "Dare to ask the Khan what kind of comparison he is going to make".

The khan got up from his seat, bowed to Emperor Jin, touched his beard and said, "In this way, I will use the top three in this exam to compete with my son, and the rest will be forgotten for the time being." The tone is quite rampant.

Emperor Jin slapped the table with a smile and said, "Just as the Khan said, today just happened, the top three are all in this palace, and immediately send someone to call them over, please wait for a while."

The khan smiled and bowed again, "Your Majesty," and sat down.

Emperor Jin announced his intentions to the public beside him, and the father-in-law immediately understood, bowed to Emperor Jin, and bowed his head and withdrew.

Seeing his father-in-law go out, eighty percent of them went to find Xuan Xun and the prince's son and grandson. In this examination, in addition to Xuanxuan, the prince and grandson won the second and third places respectively.

I hurriedly got up, and Seventeen Shao followed me, and the two of us sneaked out of our seats and ran to the back pavilion, where Xuan Xuan was lying in the porch pavilion watching the fish in the water play and swim.

I said to Seventeen, "Don't say anything when you go in for a while, just wait and see what happens." Looking at the Xuanzhi, I said again, "Xuanxuan, no matter how you are on weekdays, the time has come to test you today, and you will come to the best level to defeat the Turks."

Xuan Xuan looked at me with an inexplicable posture and said, "Sir, I can't fight, I'm still a child, just let Brother Seventeen and them go, my Brother Seventeen is majestic on the battlefield."

Seventeen young people said embarrassedly, "Don't praise me."

I put my hand on Xuanxuan's shoulder and said in a daze, "You have to fight this battle today, remember to fight beautifully."

Xuan Xuan nodded, it seemed that he still didn't understand what I was talking about, and I didn't say more, the time was pressing, and told him, "For a while, just look at my eyes and act."

Xuan Zhi said, "I know sir."

Nineteen young Bai Yan Leng didn't know when he came, and he called me softly "Feifei".

I was pleasantly surprised, "Nineteen Shao, why did you come here".

Bai Yan said coldly, "I heard that the Turkic Khan brought the big and small princes into the palace to face the saint, and I was worried that you would be in trouble, so I rushed over to see if there was anything that could help."

Looking at Bai Yan Leng, I asked again, "How did you come in without the Holy Order."

Bai Yan smiled strangely at me, took out the jade pendant from his pocket and shook it in front of me.

I pointed to the jade pendant and said, "You come in by it, what kind of jade pendant is this, which can make you unimpeded in this vast palace."

Bai Yan said coldly and proudly, "It was given to me by the Queen Mother's aunt."

Seventeen young people heard that it was sent by the Empress Dowager Bai, so he was not happy, he said deliciously, "Nineteen, since I was a child, the Empress Dowager's aunt has been partial to you, why don't we know when I gave you such a treasure."

Bai Yan sneered and said, "You are all major generals, you can enter the palace whenever you want, but I can't, the queen mother's aunt gave me this jade pendant, when I want her to be an old man, I can enter the palace to see her at any time."

In this way, it is not good for Seventeen Shao to say anything.

Looking at Bai Yan Leng, my heart was hot, and a warm current went straight to my heart from the soles of my feet, Bai Yan treated me coldly, thinking about me everywhere, and said with a smile, "You are here, I have enough courage, maybe it will come in handy later."

A few of us were talking in the corridor, when the father-in-law beside Emperor Jin came, glanced at us, and said earnestly, "Seventeen Young General and Huide Teaching Bachelor, why did you two come out, and Huangkou Tongsheng Junior Scholar, I found it here after looking around, the Holy Lord sent me to find you, hurry up and follow me into the hall."

Bai Yanleng followed behind us, and my father-in-law turned around and asked, "This is."

I hurriedly said, "This is the little five of the old general Bai, the little nineteen that the queen mother put on the tip of her heart, white and cold, known as the nineteen young."

Bai Yan Leng hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Father-in-law."

The father-in-law's face trembled slightly, and he was about to say something, but when he saw the jade pendant in Bai Yanleng's hand, he looked at it again, and didn't say much, just said, "Let's go with me."

Three of them and one of them sneaked back to their seats through the side door.

In addition to Xuanxuan, the other two are the youngest son and the eldest grandson of Emperor Jin. After everyone is seated.

Emperor Jin smiled and said to the Khan, "Everyone has arrived, now you can start."

Khan smiled at the child beside him, the child immediately got up, bowed to the Jin Emperor, and said loudly and imposingly, "You people in the Great Jin Kingdom always like to say that you can't have both fish and bear's paws, may I ask why, in our Turkic country, as long as we want, no one dares to stop it, whoever dares to stop it will kill whom, come one to kill one, come to two to kill a pair, this is our spirit, presumably you men in the Great Jin Kingdom are all shrunken turtles."

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Jin's face sank significantly, and my heart was even more flustered and restless, I had never taught the knowledge in the Xuanxuan military book, and the little prince on the other side was aggressive at a young age, and Xuanxuan has always been protected by the general and Mrs. Mu, just like the flowers and bones under the sun, I have never set foot on the battlefield, and today's battle is not easy to fight.

The Khan and the second prince on the opposite seat looked indifferent and smiled slightly, as if they were in a good show. The three princesses and elves glanced around with strange eyes, but they were not very interested in this scene.

Xuan Xuan thought about it, slowly got up from his seat, first of all, he bowed deeply to Emperor Jin, I glanced at Emperor Jin sitting on the hall, and saw him looking at Xuan Xuan in the audience in a daze, not evil but strict.

Xuan Zhi said unhurriedly, "This little Turkic prince, if you don't know the meaning of this sentence, let me tell you in detail, you have to understand it, don't make jokes in the future."

Xuan Xuan straightened his throat and said, "The original text of this sentence is, fish, I want it; Bear's paws, as well as I want. You can't have both, and you can't have both, and you can give up the fish and take the bear's paw. Life, also what I want; Righteousness is also what I want. You can't have both, and those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness are also. This means that the fish is what I want, and the bear's paw is what I want, and if I can't get both at the same time, then I'd rather give up the fish and choose the bear's paw. Life is what I want, justice is also what I want, if these two things can not be obtained at the same time, then I would rather sacrifice my life and choose righteousness, this is the representative work of Mencius of Confucianism in my country, "Fish I Want", which talks about a lot of benevolence and righteousness, emphasizing that "justice" is more important than "life". I suggest that you barbarians have nothing to do and take a look to purify your mind."

After finishing the Tao, Xuan Zhi looked at me, I listened stupidly, I have read a lot of books on the Tao of Confucius and Mencius, but I don't understand this article thoroughly enough, I can't help but smile at him, Xuan Xue sat down.

The second Turkic prince, who was sitting across from me, said unconvinced, "The subjects of the Great Jin Kingdom are good at quibbling, it seems that this is true, even a little child can preach righteousness, just ask how you can understand what is benevolence and righteousness and what is morality at a young age."

I glanced at the seventeen young man beside me, and saw that he was exhaling heavily, as if he was about to rush out of Jiantai to fight with the person opposite, I pulled the corner of the seventeen young man's clothes and signaled him to calm down.

The atmosphere and the air condensed at the same time, eleven, fourteen, Bai Xiaoqiu and the general were all sitting upright, nineteen young white face looked at me coldly, I winked at him, and immediately stood up from his seat and said, "Our Great Jin Kingdom advocates harmony as the precious, although burning and plundering can solve the immediate problem, but it is very cruel, the people are also miserable and unspeakably peaceful, try to ask who is not on the parents, there are wives and children below, bloodshed and sacrifice is not benevolence, morality is done, our Great Jin Kingdom loves something more precious than life, that is, "righteousness"; There is something more serious than death, and that is "unrighteousness." Not only the sages have this kind of thinking, everyone has it, it's just that the sages can not lose it, may I ask the Turkic prince, is what I said moral."

The Turkic prince was speechless when I hit me back, and when he opened his mouth, he couldn't say anything, so he sat down angrily.

The khan looked at me and asked, "What this woman said just now is the truth, which can be said to be a feast for me, dare to ask you."

I smiled slightly and said, "In Xia Su Feifei, he is the teacher of Xuanxi, in fact, it is not, in our Great Jin Kingdom, women like me abound, it is not surprising."

Originally, it was a contest between children, but I slowly lost my original intention, and became a child and a child, and I dealt with the second prince and the third princess of the Turks together with the nineteen young people, and the whole palace was arguing, and the victory and defeat were difficult to distinguish. In the end, Emperor Jin raised the wine cup and said, "Today we will set up a banquet for the Khan and the princes and princesses to wash the dust, and everyone will raise their glasses and dry the wine."

The Turkic Khan rarely came to Luoyang, the road was far away, the saddle horse was tired, in order to show the hospitality of my Great Jin Kingdom, the Jin Emperor specially arranged for the Khan and his people to rest and play in the palace for a few days. In order to ensure the personal safety of the Khan, the major generals were specially appointed to accompany the little prince all the way, and I accompanied the third princess.