Jingdao Hall is not one hall, it is a lot of halls, scattered and distributed on Xiaoshan, and each has its own characteristics.

For example, Wujingtang, which is a place to preach the way of soldiers and train generals, is built with five towers.

Each of these five towers represents a word - the way of the general discussed in "Sun Tzu": "wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage and strictness".

This is the sort of grandson.

However, the five towers of the Wujing Hall formed a circle array, and there was no order to tell.

And the order of the five ways of the generals is the answer sheet that every Wujingtang student must give when he or she completes his studies and goes down the mountain.

There is no standard answer.

And it's up to you to judge your answers.

Every student who goes out of the Wujing Hall must write his own judgment paper before he dies, and according to his experience of commanding the army as a general in his life, write the evaluation paper and send it back to the Wujing Hall.

This marking paper will be combined with your performance and included in your general file, which will become the experience of future generations of Shaw students to learn and learn, or the lessons to be learned.

After Xiao Yan was led up the mountain by her uncle, she advanced to the Wujing Hall, and after she listened to the three-day class in the general hall in the middle of the five towers, she entered the five towers to listen to and study and observe the generals in the order of the generals in "Sun Tzu", and studied for half a month.

She has read the answer sheet of the ancestor of Xiao Cheng, the first generation of Liang Guogong, in the tower, with wisdom as the head and benevolence as the second; She had read her father's answers, with benevolence as the first and faith as the second; She has read the answer sheet of the seventh aunt Xiao Yu, headed by Yan and followed by Yong, and she has read the answer sheet of the eighth uncle Xiao Ang, headed by Xin and followed by Yan......

Everyone's answer is different, but everyone has their own understanding and reasons.

Xiao Yan also read the judgment papers made by these predecessors themselves, sometimes she was fascinated, sometimes she was thrilled, sometimes she was teary, sometimes she was tearful, and sometimes she was silent for a long time.

This is not the vast ocean of the Dao, but the fruit condensed by each general's heart and blood, with their seven emotions, they: sweet and bitter; There are joys and sorrows; There is acidity, there is astringency; There is Xin, there is hemp; There is magnificence, there is pathos; There is pride, there is sorrow; There is perseverance, there is grinding; There is stubbornness to move forward, and there is remorse and reflection...... Each fruit is a complex flavor.

Just like the fruit she gave her to eat on the first day she entered the Wujing Hall, it was a kind of mountain fruit that no bird pecked at on this mountain, which was sweet and astringent, bitter and bitter, as well as sour, numb, and pungent. The Master said, "The same is true of the Tao, which is sweet and bitter, and only you know yourself." But no matter what the taste is, it has its own way. ”

When Xiao Yan came out of the fifth tower, she did not write down her answer sheet. The deacon said, look more, think more, and when you go down the mountain, you will make an answer.

Xiao Yan responded with sincerity, came out of the martial arts hall, and went to the martial arts hall.

Lecture Hall is the land of martial arts.

The way of a general is to lead the soldiers; The way of a martial artist is self-cultivation.

There is no way to cultivate yourself, and the road is in your own heart; Only the path that you build yourself is the way of a warrior.

Therefore, there is no road to the martial arts hall.

Xiao Fang, the cousin of the second branch, took her to walk through the forest and mountains, stepping on stones and walls.

From the mountains, to the valleys.

The lecture hall is in the valley.

There is also a tower in the valley, the pale gray tower body, the eaves of spring grass green, simple and old, and young.

The cousin said that this is the "Lecture Martial Tower".

Martial arts is practice, not preaching, but entering martial arts must be taught. Although the master leads the way and the cultivation is in the individual, what the master says will determine how the individual practice, and even affect the person's lifelong cultivation path. Therefore, it is very important to "speak". How you say it, it's also important.

Every Xiao disciple who enters the martial arts hall has a martial arts speaker who serves as their initiator and guide.

Xiao Yan saw the eye-catching tower, but she didn't look at the tower, she was looking at a person by the tower.

The man stood under the pine tree by the tower, the green branches reflected her green clothes, giving people the same feeling as the hundreds of years of pine trees, experiencing the vicissitudes of the years, but also giving people the feeling that she was very young, as if the vitality in the pine green flowed with the years.

She stood there, and it was the years.

And the surrounding qiē is just the light and shadow of the years.

Xiao Yan's gaze and expression were already respectful.

It's innate!

Their Xiao Clan's innate grandmaster!

Seeing that person from a distance, Xiao Fang's eyes flashed with surprise, but he immediately saluted respectfully, stopped moving forward, turned around and nodded to Xiao Yan, and left.

Xiao Yan knew that the one under the pine tree was her martial artist.

She stepped forward and saluted, her voice was clear and respectful, "Xiao Yan of the seventeenth branch of the Yanzhi room, the word is pleasant, the road number is not read, and I will meet the martial master." ”

The woman carried a wine gourd in her hand, smiled, and the green pine branches seemed to be green and vivid in her smile, and her voice couldn't hear her age, but felt that it was the same as these years, long and long, "Oh, when you're old, I like to see such a beautiful little beauty like you - called Yuezhi?" If this word is good, I will be happy when I see you. ”

Xiao Yan didn't wear a mask on the mountain, and the corners of her eyes twitched slightly when she heard this: She was ...... Grandparents molested?

The woman beckoned her to approach, and her white fingers touched her face a few times, "Oh, it's really tender, like the tender tofu I ate yesterday." ”

“……”

But she didn't hide, because although this ancestor acted lightly, his eyes were very right.

"What a good boy." The woman smiled, "Your great-grandfather is my third brother, and I am the second." ”

"Second great-great-uncle." Xiao Yan shouted respectfully.

"Let's call it Master. was called so by the little lady, called old. Oops, time is long, years are golden. As she spoke, she walked into the tower with her hands in hand, and the wine gourd hooked on her fingers.

Xiao Yan smelled the aroma of fruit wine on her body, suddenly smiled, and followed into the tower.

She has already seen the innate grandmasters of Sanqing Palace, Fanyin Temple and Tiance Academy, each with its own demeanor and bearing, which is heartbreaking, but she feels that it is still her own great-uncle who is the most human, which makes her feel close.

After entering the tower and taking off her shoes, Xiao Yan sat down cross-legged on the rattan mat in front of her.

"Little Seventeen, I'm a late one. Don't ask from later generations, you still don't know who your martial arts speaker is. Xiao Chi sat casually on the rattan couch, smiling and groaning.

Xiao Yan said: "Yes." Then I remembered my great-grandfather's name "Xun".

One is late, one is fast - Mr.'s is late, and the posterity is fast?

Her face was a little strange.

Xiao squeezed his eyes at her suddenly, "I'm in my mother's belly; When I gave birth to my brother, I came out as soon as I was born. ”

Xiao Yan burst out laughing, feeling better about this second great-uncle, and then thought that this great-uncle and great-grandfather have the same mother tongue, which is also from the princess, and the other half of the blood is also the same, so she feels more cordial.

Xiao Chi held up the wine gourd to her, "Do you want to take a sip?" ”

Xiao Yan looked around, there were all bookshelves and bamboo slips, as well as a few bookcases, all of which were full of pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, but there were no cups or anything like that—do you want me to drink it directly? Her face was embarrassed, and she quickly shook her head, "No, thank you, master." ”

"I don't mind." Xiao Chi said sincerely.

Xiao Yan: "...... "Second great-great-uncle, are you really not teasing me?"

"Hahaha!" Xiao Chi was happy and took a sip of wine, "Oh, why is Ah Yan from my family?" An expression of regret that his family couldn't start.

Xiao Yan suddenly felt that it was better for the Innate Grandmaster to be lofty.

Xiao Chi laughed a few times, took away the wine gourd, and the smiling eyes were shining, and these eyes looked at her, "Seventeen, what is martial arts?" ”

Xiao Yan only felt that those eyes seemed to flow with the long river of time, magnificent and far-reaching.

She couldn't help but be in a trance, quickly narrowed her eyes, and replied seriously: "Martial arts two also: martial arts, martial arts." Ordinary people strengthen their physique, exercise muscles, and practice the art of fighting, which is a martial art; It is martial arts, cultivating internal strength, absorbing the vitality of heaven and earth, refining essence and spirit, breaking through the limits of the body, pulling out the mountain with strength, and prolonging life with longevity, and those who reach the highest realm are entering the Tao, breaking through the secret of life and death in the universe, crossing the gap between heaven and man, and the Tao exists in the gods. ”

"That's right!" Xiao Chi said, "Everything in the world can't withstand the years, and in the end, it can't escape birth, old age, sickness and death." No matter how wonderful life is, eventually you will die, step into the decaying dirt, and turn to dust. How unwilling, isn't it? ”

Xiao Chi's eyes were full of broken light, as if the stars were shining in the long river of time, gorgeous and moving, but profound and far-reaching, and her voice seemed to be bubbling through the long river of time, making people can't help but pour into it:

"In ancient times, Fuxi evolved the avenue, looked at the mystery of life and death in the universe, and said: The virtue of heaven and earth is born. Born with the Tao, the Tao gives birth to one, one life gives birth to two rituals, two rituals give birth to three, and three gives birth to all things. All things are born from yin and yang, and yin and yang are born together, and they are endless. All things are born and perished, and they are also imperishable, because the Word is unborn and imperishable. Therefore, the way of heaven restricts all things with birth, old age, sickness and death, but it also gives all things a chance to live. The end of life is death, and the end of death is life - life and death are easy: the creation of heaven and earth has left a glimmer of life in this transformation of life and death. Our generation diligently seeks the Tao with martial arts, which is to seek this vitality. Whether it is Taoist cultivation, martial arts cultivation, Buddhism cultivation, and our generation's cultivation, it is all to break the cage of human life and death. ”

Xiao Yan listened to her thoughts, this was the first time someone told her like this, life and death and martial arts. She has practiced martial arts hard since she was a child, and she is unswerving, for what her mother said, "become stronger", and only the strong can control their own destiny. She fought for herself, and even more for her mother. However, the truth gave her a slap on her head. Mother didn't need her to fight for her. Xiao Yan was at a loss when he was in pain, and he didn't know why he was obsessed with martial arts again. She can fight for herself and take the path of the strong, but why does it have to be the path of martial arts? There are so many romantic and handsome characters in the Tang Dynasty, and so many romantic and handsome characters in the Xiao family, only one or two out of ten people who walk the martial arts.

Just because her mother said that the innate period is visible, she was given the goal of continuing to cling.

But what exactly is martial arts for?

The master said that "the years go on and on", so is she also here to live? In order to break the confinement of life and death between heaven and earth, will it flow forever in the long river of time?

She looked at her master in confusion, she was not attached to life and death, and if she was born with all her will, she would die without regrets. She vaguely felt that being alive and alive was not the reason why she was obsessed with martial arts.

"Ah Yan, think about your own way." Xiao Chi asked her, "What is the way of a martial artist?" ”

Isn't the way of martial arts a martial artist?

Xiao Yan's clear eyes revealed confusion.

Xiao Chi smiled leisurely, "There are thousands of scholars in the world, how can it be the Tao?" Everyone has their own way in their hearts, and only when they find the right way can they carry the way. Otherwise, it's just reading books and living a mediocre life. In the short life of the writer, the Taoist and wonderful ones shine like stars, illuminating our sky. And there are thousands of martial artists in the world, who can reach the highest level? It can only be fascinated by our imagination. But thousands of years have passed, and the martial arts have not stopped, so why not? Will, will, and God. Tianxingjian, self-improvement. - Little Seventeen, you have to find your own way. People have faith and can move forward firmly; But the Taoist must have Taoist thoughts, so that he can soberly walk on this lonely avenue. Hua Di's eyes looked at her, as if he was standing at the end of the long river of time, looking at her quietly and deeply, how to step into the boat from the bridge and enter this long river of years.

Xiao Yan couldn't help but indulge in her eyes, as if she heard the sound of the river rushing and flowing, right beside her, coming from the endless long river and passing towards the endless long river.

For a long time, there was no sound in the tower.

It wasn't until there was a chirp outside the tower that she suddenly came to her senses, and said with some surprise: "Seventeen can hear it." "Respectfully fold your hands, bow down, and kowtow," Seventeen thanks to the master for his advice. ”

"Oh yes," Xiao Chi said in a regretful voice, "I thought that Seventeen looked at me so affectionately that he could go to the wilderness." ”

Xiao Yan: "......"

So, Fang Cai's high appearance is dazzling, right?

What years are long, endless, obviously teasing the younger generations.

Xiao Chi laughed, and a roll of paper flew out of his sleeve and landed on her lap, "This is the outline you have to study." The bamboo slips or scrolls listed above, you browse in order. For the rest, you don't have to look at it. When you have time later, it's not too late to read these books. ”

"Yes, Master."

"These days you stay in the tower, and food and water are brought in. When encountering a puzzle, there is paper and ink on the bookcase, and write it down. I'll come once every seven days to answer your questions. ”

"Yes."

Xiao Yan sent her out respectfully, and in the days that followed, he studied quietly in the tower.

The first layer of the martial arts tower is the theory of martial arts, from the origin of martial arts to the establishment and development of martial arts, the various schools and celebrities that appeared in the millennium are discussed in detail. On the insect-resistant Nanmu bookshelf, there are bamboo slips and carved books, and at a glance, there are tens of thousands of volumes.

Xiao Yan took the books from the bookshelf and read them according to the list listed by the second great-great-uncle.

She stayed on the first floor for three days and then went up to the second floor.

The second layer is the inner strength of the mind, most of these internal strength of the mind flow out of the Daomen, after the practice of the Xiao Grandmaster, and there are many creative cultivation, forming the Xiao Clan's mind for disciples to choose to practice.

Xiao Yan learned the mental methods passed down by Shang's seventh generation mother, and of course he didn't need to practice these mental methods anymore. Xiao Chi listed the books on the second floor in the book list only for her to read, not for her to learn. However, it is very necessary to touch the bypass, and the experience, process, and perception of the Xiao Sect Master's mind creation method are also of great benefit to martial arts practitioners.

Xiao Yan stayed on the second floor for five days.

On the seventh day, Xiao came over late, answered some questions she wrote down on the paper, and left, of course, it was also essential to tease Xiao Yan by the way.

Xiao Yan sent this great-uncle away and went up to the third floor.

From the third to the ninth layer, there are all martial arts cheats, including palms, fists, legs, fingers, knives, guns, swords, halberds, and even unpopular weapon cheats.

Xiao Yan stayed in these seven layers for half a month, and the most days he stayed was of course the "knife" layer, and the other layers were all read and watched.

During this period, Xiao Chi came twice.

She continued up to the tenth floor.

The tenth layer is a variety of light body techniques and footwork. Xiao Chi gave her a list of what she wanted to practice. Xiao Yan used to practice the upper volume of the Dou Zhuan Xing Shift, here is the second volume, and it is the real essence. Xiao Yan was fascinated, thinking about it while watching, and forgetting the time, until Xiao Chi sent a message to her and asked her to go to Wendao Hall to listen to the class, she didn't know that it was December.

was still taken out of the valley by her cousin Xiao Fang, and the master of Wendaotang, Xiao Xin, the fourteenth uncle, took her to Baijing Hall to listen to the class.

Baijing Hall is a place for lectures and debates for students, and what Xiao Yan went to listen to today was not a scripture class, but a debate meeting.

The fourteenth uncle popularized the knowledge of Wendaotang to her as he walked.

Xiao's Wendaotang is divided into three parts: Yi, Jing, and Wen: the Yi Department is mainly based on Yi Xue, including the number of symbols, astronomical calendars, and geographical directions; The scripture department is a hundred schools of thought, and it is divided into halls below, such as the Confucian scripture hall, the Taoist scripture hall, the ink scripture hall, the law scripture hall, the history scripture hall, and so on; The Faculty of Literature teaches poetry and prose. The debate in the Baijing Hall is the debate meeting of the Ministry of Scripture, and the fourteenth uncle said with a smile that it is here that he often fights.

Xiao Yan's topic of the debate meeting was "benevolence, virtue, propriety and righteousness", which is a classic topic of the scripture department, and a debate on this topic is held every year in July and December, and the students draw lots to decide their positions, whether they agree with it or not, anyway, from the perspective of their drawing of lots. Uncle Fourteen said that there are no absolutes in the world, and in different positions, standing from different angles, the views on the same thing are different, and they are different from time to place. What the children of the Shaw family want to learn is this kind of thinking that considers problems from multiple perspectives. But before they graduate, they must participate in the debate in the direction of their choice, and then write their own answer sheet before going down the mountain: Which comes first?

This answer sheet will be sealed into their school file - there is also no standard answer, and the judgment will be made by themselves, judged by their own life's practice, and finally classified into their "text to carry the Tao" file, for future generations to learn from experience and learn lessons.

Xiao Yan finally realized what a literary frame was when she was in the debate hall, she felt that she would rather fight ten martial arts fights than one such literary frame, it was simply a verbal battle better than a sword soldier, and its hearty place made people can't stop high-five.

At the end of a morning's debate, she was still immersed in it, only to feel that the debate of many cousins and cousins was simply word for word, which made some of the things that puzzled her heart suddenly solved, and she couldn't help but deeply understand what it means to "connect the avenues".

She felt that her understanding of the "martial arts faith" mentioned by the second great-great-uncle had taken another step forward.

At noon, I had dinner in the Jingdao Hall, with the fourteenth uncle and several other clan uncles and masters.

After lunch, the fourteenth uncle led her to walk in the scripture department, and said as she walked: "There are Taoists, Confucianists, Legalists, Mohists and other schools of thought in the Wendao Hall. It is possible to promote one doctrine, but it is not possible to completely detract from other doctrines. The fact that each school of thought could be established and popularized in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period naturally has its subtleties. To do learning, we must be persistent, but not intolerant. ……

"In our Hexi, the ancestor of the rebuilt Wendao Hall was named Yan Fang, he was a master of Confucianism, and when he built the church, he said: You can disparage a certain doctrine, but you can't look down on this scholarship, unless you think you can be compared with the sage who founded this school, you are qualified to say, 'What you say is shit'; when you are still standing at the foot of the mountain and need to look up, what qualifications do you have to criticize the mountain? To do learning, you have to keep your head down, and raising your head high can only make people see the boogers in your nostrils. ”

"Hahaha!" Xiao Yan listened to it with great joy and felt that what this great-ancestor said was too reasonable.

Xiao Yan saw a series of thick books in the Chengdao Hall of Wendao Hall, and according to the achievements of different categories, the deeds of the predecessors of the Xiao family were written. Among them, there are those who are outstanding in virtue, those who are famous for their scriptures, and those who have achieved success as officials, and those who have lectured in countless lifetimes, in addition, there are all kinds of achievements made by technology, agricultural technology, craftsmanship, construction, square opinion, and river canal water control...... There are also talented people who are in business and create a huge fortune for the Shaw family. They are all included in "Xiao's Chengdao Record".

The fourteenth uncle said: "It's not "Xiao's Yingjie Lu", it's Chengdao. Carrying the Word of our family. Just like a big ship, if you want to start, you need people in all kinds of positions, all running to the helm, who will hold the penny, who will pull the sails? Therefore, Shinong industry and commerce must have it. All go to be officials, how can there be so many officials to do? And it also blocks people's way, being an official is a single-plank bridge, and half of the bridge is occupied by people from your family, so how can others get on the bridge? If you block the way of too many people, you will be united by too many people to eradicate you and overthrow you. No matter how powerful the Xiao clan is, can it compete with the world? Therefore, retreat and let go, on the contrary, the road is wider. ……”

The fourteenth uncle said with his hands behind his back: "When our Xiao family was in the Great Liang Dynasty, there were more than 100,000 clan children, and the distant branches had no titles, and there was no money given by the royal family, how could they live?" are all rushing to become officials, those who are talented are fine, and those who are not talented have to go out of the way and occupy other people's positions, and half of the result is a beetle, rotting themselves and losing the country. There are many reasons for the overthrow of our Xiaoliang Dynasty. These are all lessons, and to get back on your feet, you have to learn from them, and you can't fall in the same place. Especially when we moved to Hexi, we are burdened with the heavy mission of revitalizing the family, we are no longer a country, just a family, but we have to assume the responsibility of "one country": to build Hexi, our Xiao family will have talents, and all kinds of talents must be available. Iron tools, military weapons, agricultural tools, raising horses and sheep, building rivers and canals, promoting agriculture and promoting commerce, is this something that can be obtained by just reading the Confucian scriptures and the Taoist scriptures? …… The avenue leads to the sky, without these small roads, we can't get to the sky. Our Xiao family is not governing the family, but governing the country, governing the family with the way of governing the country, and passing on the family with the way of governance. If the avenue is not extinguished, the Xiao family will be able to live forever and endlessly. ”

Endless.

Xiao Yan solemnly saluted Uncle Fourteen.

She returned to the Lecture Tower, her heart still boiling.

What is the Tao?

She asked herself.

Xiao XVII, you will write your own answer sheet.

On December 13, the fourth uncle, Xiao Xian, came up the mountain to pick her up.

She went to the Wujing Hall first, solemnly handed the answer sheet she wrote to the master of the hall, watched it seal it into her own general file, bowed deeply to the master, and left.

The author has something to say: Oops, I finally finished writing these two chapters, and I feel a lot easier.

There are many reasons why Shaw has come down their path; So they are different from other families - because they once stood at the top and experienced glory; It also experienced the overthrow of the country, moved westward, and then revived. It's been a hard road. And they use their family to rule Hexi, which determines that their vision cannot be limited to the interests of one family.

The principles of the Book of Changes are very useful, and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty determines many of their ways of thinking.

It was a great time, but it was not an ideal country. Because the ideal state is ideal, not realizable. Moreover, this era is not ideal......

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