Pei Xuanren asked Zhang Lu if he thought the future was predictable, and Zhang Lu was dumbfounded and didn't know what to do. Pei Xuanren smiled slightly www.biquge.info and looked at Xuan Jian: "Qing can occupy it, and it can be said." ”

Xuan Jian coughed phlegm, cleared his throat, and then began to give a lecture to Zhang Lu: "Zi said, 'The deceased is like Sifu', and he knows time like water. I am in the middle of the stream, and I am the one who is knowable, and if I am unknown, I will not be able to do it, and I will not be able to know it, and I will be the one who is unknowable, and my sweat will be unfathomable......"

It is indeed quite a hard thing to expound a set of philosophical views in ancient texts, and Zhang Lu is tired of talking and confused when he listens, so Zhang Lu has to interrupt him from time to time, first express his understanding, ask if it is correct, and then continue to study. But in the end, he still roughly understood what he meant by Xu Jian - that is, the question of whether the future could be predicted.

In these years, people still think that time is straight and continuous, just like a surging river, flowing from the source to the estuary, but where the source is, whether there is really a beginning, where it flows, and whether there will be an end, I am afraid that even the immortals do not understand.

The passage of time, the things that have happened, are like a person standing in the middle of a river, looking upstream, whether you can see it or not, it is a definite voyage - because the water upstream cannot flow to you if it does not follow the waterway. But you can't see the future, and you don't know for sure - although there are watercourse constraints, it is impossible to know whether a drop of water will splash or evaporate halfway, or even whether the river will be diverted along the way.

So the future is uncertain, and there are many possibilities. But this is not to say that the future is absolutely unpredictable, one is that since there are waterway constraints, its general direction is unlikely to change, which is often referred to as the "general trend of the world". Pei Xuanren said that the Han Dynasty was exhausted and would collapse in the next few decades, and the surname Liu was even more surnamed, which was certain, and no one could reverse it. However, there are many possibilities at the same time, and it is difficult to predict whether there will be turmoil at the time of the change of dynasty, and how large the scale of the turmoil will be, whether it will be a peaceful transition like the establishment of Xinmang or a great chaos like the destruction of Xinmang.

Xuan Jian said: "Wen Shi said that cause and effect, things have their causes, but they produce their effects, and Si is also reasonable...... "People with great wisdom can deduce results according to causes, so the future can be predicted to a certain extent." However, it is easy to predict major events, but it is difficult to predict small things; it is easy to predict short-term events, but it is difficult to predict long-term development; it is easy to predict inevitable events, but it is difficult to predict accidental events -- "I am devout in divination, and I may know the events of five or six days; if I am in possession by Zhang Shi, I can measure the number of months and years; and if the immortals occupy it, I may be able to measure things that are hundreds or thousands of years old." Buddha knows everything in the past and the future, and he thinks it is extravagant. "It's just bragging, no one ...... No immortal can really know everything and calculate the future.

In the end, Xuan Jian also added two points. The first is -- "It is easy to test people, but it is difficult to test oneself, it is easy to test less, and it is difficult to test more." If you know that you will suffer from disaster, you must find an opportunity to avoid it, then the future will change because of it...... "The occurrence and development of a thing will be affected by various factors, on the other hand, the more you understand the factors that affect it, the more accurate your prediction of the outcome of things will be." On the other hand, the more you know about the factors that affect it, and the more you measure it, the more inaccurate the prediction will be.

In particular, when the forecaster predicts his own future, the mood of suffering from gains and losses, and the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, will make the prediction deviate more and more from the possible truth - "Therefore, it is said that 'those who are good at medicine do not heal themselves, and those who are good at divination do not tell themselves'." ”

Zhang Luxin said that you have such a big set of miscellaneous problems, and I can solve the problem with a simple sentence -- isn't this the "observer effect" of the macroscopic world?

The second point that Xuan Jian added is that the more ignorant a person is, the simpler and more predictable his way of dealing with the world will be -- just like a peasant who has been bound to the land all his life, you say that he is farming today next year as he is now, and unless there is a major natural or man-made disaster, there is basically nothing wrong with it. And the wiser a person is, the more unpredictable his behavior becomes, and he can come up with completely different ways to deal with even the smallest changes in the external environment. So, if you ask me to divinate where an old farmer is now, it's easy to calculate; let me tell where I will be tomorrow, it's more difficult; if you want to tell where the dignified Nanhua Immortal is hidden, it's almost an impossible task!

Zhang Lu waved his hand and said I understand, thank you for this lesson - "Generally speaking, where Yu Ji is, there is nothing to occupy." "Can you calculate that I will go to Yangcheng to find you, does that mean that I have the same IQ as an ordinary peasant?

Xuan Jian spread his hands and said that my ability is shallow, and it is really difficult to measure. Then he turned to Pei Xuanren: "Is it possible for Pei Shi to take it?"

Pei Xuanren shook his head with a wry smile, but he immediately said that this could not be a reason for the two of them not to go down the mountain to find Yu Ji - "If there is a fate to meet, but if you don't look for it, you won't see each other in the end." ”

Zhang Lu pursed his lips and sneered, saying that you don't know where Yu Ji is, I'...... I don't know, but I probably know where Yu Ji will appear in three or five years' time.

Pei Xuanren's face first showed a slight look of consternation, then his eyes narrowed, and he smiled: "If the clouds can know, who is Earl She?" ”

However, this time Zhang Lu did not allow Xuan Jian to observe, he had to report to Pei Xuanren alone - Xuan Jian didn't care, after all, it was inherited by masters and apprentices, and if there was any secret method that he didn't want outsiders to hear, it was also a normal thing. So he withdrew for the time being to rest, and when Zhang and Pei were left in the room, Zhang Lu coughed, and said to Pei Xuanren in the grammar of two thousand years later:

"I haven't read much history books in the future, but there are many wild histories and novels about the late Han Dynasty, and there is a book called "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", ......"

Pei Xuanren waved his hand and interrupted him: "Don't talk about the cause, but the effect can also be said." "As I said earlier, I don't plan to know the history of the last few hundred years, so as not to affect the Dao heart of the cultivator, so there is no need to spoil, you just say things related to Yu Ji.

So Zhang Lu said: "At least three years, no more than ten years, Yu Ji will preach somewhere in Wu and Hui, and will be killed by Sun Ce." ”

When Pei Xuanren heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Is it to kill?" Yu Ji is so good, how could he be killed by mortals?"

Zhang Lu said that according to the novel, although Yu Ji was killed, Sun Ce often saw his apparitions, which led to mental disorders and eventually ...... Okay, no spoilers, in short, whether Yu Ji is really dead or faked, whether he used illusion or military solution, I can't say for sure, but he will appear in the Jiangdong region in a few years, and it should be eight or nine or ten. Moreover, the reason why Sun Ce killed him was because he had many followers, and even many officials worshipped him first, and then worshiped Sun Ce - it can be seen that this Nanhua Immortal made a lot of noise, as long as he went to Wu and Hui to inquire about the two counties at that time, he would definitely be able to find it.

As for Sun Ce, he is indeed Sun Jian's eldest son, and now he should still be attached to Huainan Yuan Shu, and in the future, he will borrow troops to cross the Yangtze River and swallow Wu to take the meeting...... Okay, okay, don't stare, I'll shut up.

Pei Xuanren twisted his beard: "I have this clue now, and I can't let it go." "What he means, you will go down the mountain and go to Jiangdong, and wait for Yu Ji first-" If Yunguang preaches the Fa and makes the officials and people worship, I am afraid it will not be the work of one or two years. "Who knows how long Yu Ji has been preaching the Tao in Jiangdong? Maybe he has already been, or is about to go to Wuhui, the sooner you find him, maybe you will be able to discover the origin of the prophecy one day earlier, and avoid causing greater damage to the human world and the cultivation of the Immortal Dao.

However, Zhang Lu shook his head again and again: "I won't go down the mountain, I am afraid that I will worry about my life if I go down the mountain...... and then reported to Pei Xuanren in detail about the encounter with the foreign demon in the Fawang Temple in Songshan.

On the way back, Zhang Lu chatted with Xuan Jian, and at the same time, there was an extra thread in his head, and he was always thinking about it. Why did I come across such strange things? Was it purely accidental, or was it inevitable in the process of cultivating?

The monk who attacked him in the middle of the night woke up the next morning, and recalled that he had gone to bed with the lights out, and that he had not remembered what had happened when he lay on the mat - or in the bunk, and that when he woke up again, he had broken one of his legs...... And he went out in the middle of the night with a knife, and the brothers who were sleeping with him were unaware. Monk Fajing repeatedly told Zhang Lu that this is indeed not about my disciples, or even about our temples - there has never been a similar incident before.

Fajing's attitude was sincere, and Zhang Lu had to believe it. He is now sober-minded, quick-thinking, and has keen senses, and he wants to put it in the D&D system, perceive 18 times, and also point to the full-level observation of words and colors, whether the other party is lying or not, basically you can know at a glance - of course, it is not excluded that the Dharma Mirror monk is profound in Buddhism and is accustomed to deceiving people...... But if that's the case, if you continue to ask questions, you will definitely find nothing.

So I had to go back to the mountain and ask Pei Xuanren, what is going on? You told me that cultivators are easily confused by inner demons, or disturbed by external demons -- that is, the so-called madness into demons -- but when he asked Xuan Jian on the way, he had never encountered this kind of night attack, which shows that it is not a bumpy ride that cultivators must go through. Is it possible that this is an inevitable encounter, is there some evil object targeting me? If that is the case, there may still be a glimmer of life when hiding on the mountain, and once I go down the mountain, I am afraid that my life will not be saved!

Pei Xuanren didn't take Zhang Lu's words seriously at first, but then carefully inquired about the state of the "external demon" attached to the human body, and when he heard the description of "In the dark night, there are almost no people or even objects, and after the lights are turned on, although its form appears, it is still as if it has no substance", but his eyes couldn't help but show a slight horror. To say that cultivating immortals to Pei Xuanren's level, his mind is extremely strong, and he is almost "Mount Tai collapsed before and his color remained unchanged" - because there was no existence in the world that could threaten his survival - this kind of shocking color, although it was only for a moment, was something that Zhang Lu had never seen before.

Zhang Lu instinctively felt that something was wrong, the outer demon must be eyeing him......

In the end, Pei Xuanren stood up and greeted Zhang Lu: "You come with me." He plucked a small cloth bag from the bookshelf behind him, and strode out of the house, until he approached the cliff. Zhang Lu followed behind him, and saw Pei Xuanren turn around, turn his back to the cliff, and beckon: "Come close." Zhang Lu hurriedly stepped forward, and the two faced each other, and the distance was only more than a foot away.

Immediately, Pei Xuanren untied the cloth bag and took out half a stick of incense from it—the length of a little finger—and as soon as he puffed his lips, the incense was lit. It is also strange to say that the breeze blows lightly all year round on this Zhongding, but this cigarette is not distorted or scattered at all, but like a ray of light, straight as an arrow, straight through the sky.

Zhang Lu tilted his head and looked up along the cigarette, seeing that it was floating higher and higher, and finally he couldn't see it, and suddenly the breeze around him stopped—not only the air flowing, but also the grass under his feet no longer swayed and grown, and everything around him seemed to be frozen, frozen in an instant.

This state is a bit like Zhang Jian's immobilization method on a colleague before he went up the mountain...... He curled his fingers slightly, but fortunately, he was still able to move.

I heard a familiar voice behind me: "What did Xuanren call me for?"

Zhang Lu turned around with a "whoosh", looked at it fixedly, and it was really Zhang Jian who spoke. He said in his heart that it was not good, it seemed that even Pei Xuanren couldn't solve this matter...... Or it can't be explained, it actually alarmed the genuine fairy Zhang Jian!

It seems that Pei Xuanren ordered the pillar of incense to summon Zhang Jian to come. So as soon as Zhang Jian asked the reason, Pei Xuanren said: "The earl was assassinated in front of him, and if he attacked the invisible substance, suppress the evil spirit?"

Zhang Luxin said I just told you a lot of things, and you can summarize it in just a few words...... This is the advantage of saying that the literary language is very concise (although not necessarily clear), and it can contain quite a lot of meaning in just a few words. The change from simple to complex language is due to the fact that the semantics involved in social life are richer and the meaning is more precise, and the second is limited by its carrier. In ancient times, it was relatively difficult to carve bamboo and wood as characters, so the text could not be complicated, and later changed to pen and ink, and then invented paper, which was much easier to write and cheaper, so the writing in the Middle Ages was much more complex than in ancient times.

As for the use of classical Chinese until the Ming and Qing dynasties, of course, there was another reason, and it was not related to the development of society and technology -- Confucianism revered the ancients, and scholars and scholars had to distinguish themselves from inferior people, so it was impossible to make the written language easy to understand. Zhang Lu still vaguely remembers that when he was a child, he did not have a telephone, only a telegraph, which almost became the last position of literary language in social life.

Of course, the above meaningless thoughts are just extra threads that Zhang Lu has opened in his brain, and his main focus is still on Zhang Jian who appeared out of thin air. Seeing that Zhang Jian listened to Pei Xuanren's words, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and then asked himself: "What's the matter, you can say it in detail." ”

Zhang Luxin said that sure enough, a few words can only be outlined, and things cannot be explained thoroughly, so I have to repeat it again, right? Zhang Jian narrowed his eyes slightly, looked Zhang Lu up and down again, and then suddenly spoke: "You can follow me to the sky." ”