Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, he finished the six arts of the gentleman.

After the last mathematics subject of the six arts, Chen Letian and Sun Zishu left Qingtian Pavilion together. For more than half of the candidates, they had already finished the examination of the Qingtian Pavilion, and the remaining half of the candidates still had three subjects to take as cultivators.

Chen Lotian and Sun Zishu both signed up.

If you want to enter the academy, the three subjects of tracking, killing enemies, and escaping are required.

Chen Letian breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "If you want to be crowned the king and worship the prime minister, it is enough to learn these six arts." ”

Sun Zishu nodded in agreement.

Chen Letian said: "But there are always many people who feel that it is not enough, such as you and me, always feel that even if you have great power, you still hope that you can fly with your sword, or hope that you can beat the people you want to beat with your own hands." ”

Sun Zishu said with a smile: "That's right, if you beat someone, you will have a lot less fun for others." ”

Next to the Imperial Palace, the Temple of Confucius.

The Confucian temple is not big, three before and after, the nave is dedicated to Confucius, and the accompanying sacrifices are Mencius and Xunzi.

After the examination of the six arts, many Confucian students came here to make vows. Poor students Zhou Guoting, big fat man Tian Hao and many other classmates came. Seeing Chen Letian, everyone came up to say hello very warmly. Chen Letian returned the salute one by one and exchanged a few words. Together with Sun Zishu, he got on the pillar incense, knelt down, and kowtowed three times to Kong Mengxun.

Chen Letian looked at the three statues and said, "At the beginning, Sage Kong ran between countries with his own strength, not afraid of war, just to seek peace. After all the hardships, they couldn't stop the killing. However, the precious thoughts and spirits left by the saints need to be inherited by our descendants. ”

Zhou Guoting said: "Yes, although Sage Kong said to his disciples that the dangerous state is not inaccessible, but he himself is dedicated to the dangerous state, the king is cruel, he is not afraid, and he is moved to speak with emotion and reason. ”

Tian Hao shook the fat all over his body, looked at the statue of the saint Kong, and actually had tears in his eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "The spirit of the saint, we will always remember, I am willing to follow the spirit of the saint for the rest of my life until I die!"

The rest of the students were also infected and saluted the statue of the Three Saints. In the entire Confucian Temple, dozens of students stood and looked at each other, thinking in their hearts about how the saint of a thousand years ago insisted on not giving up his ideals in such a difficult situation.

At this time, the group of people standing in the grass house outside the hall looked at these students in the hall, and their hearts were extremely surprised. Such a scene has never been seen in their Liang country. There may be many believers who have great respect for the grass house, but that is just the submission of the ignorant to the strong, if one day, the grass house is no longer so powerful, the disciples will never be religious, but will definitely find a strong person again, continue to worship.

However, the saint Confucius has been dead for thousands of years, and his descendants have long been unknown. Just relying on the biography in the history books and the Analects left behind, these students of the Song Kingdom can be sincerely surrendered.

"The strength of the Song Kingdom, I'm afraid that my Liang Kingdom can't catch up with it in a hundred years!" The sixth senior brother suddenly wanted to drink, and he was also homesick.

"It's really powerful, these students seem to be enchanted, second senior brother, what do you think?" said the little junior brother Yang Yueshan.

Second Senior Brother Feng Xiaoting shook his head and said, "I don't understand it either, maybe Master can understand." ”

Yang Yueshan sighed, and suddenly felt that no matter how hard he tried, he might not be enough to fill the hole dug by too many people in Liang Guo who did not work hard. "But let's not always grow up others to destroy their own prestige, prosperity and decline are common things, let's work hard, second senior brother, don't you say?" Yang Yueshan was young after all, and he quickly came out of this gap.

Second Senior Brother Feng Xiaoting looked up at the sky and said, "That's right, as long as we all work together, in a few years, it is unknown who will be in charge of the bull's ear in the world." ”

After that, Feng Xiaoting looked at the young man in the hall who rarely spoke, and heard others call him Sun Zishu. Feng Xiaoting has been practicing with his master since he was a child, and he is especially proficient in physiognomy, and he has been observing this grandson for half a month. The first time I saw him, it was in the examination room of the book exam, and as soon as I saw him, Feng Xiaoting felt that this grandson had the talent of cultivation.

Master said, the study of the Tao, that is, non-action, that is, non-action, that is, non-doing.

Judging from the physiognomy technique taught by the master, there is a deep inaction in the sea of meridians and qi in this person's body. Feng Xiaoting was very interested in recommending this guy named Sun Zishu to Master.

After returning to his residence, Feng Xiaoting immediately took up the pen and wrote a letter to his master, reporting what they had seen and heard in Qingtian Pavilion, and most importantly, telling Master that there was a person with extremely high cultivation talent in Song Kingdom.

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Liang State, Caolu, Heavenly Master's Mansion.

At the top of the hall sat the Great Heavenly Master Xuanyuan Huayu, who ranked first among the twelve Heavenly Masters. Xuanyuan Huayu's actual age is more than eighty, but it shows that he looks only about forty years old, with green silk and not white skin, and clear eyes. At this time, although he sat on the top, he showed a hint of humility and said: "Your Majesty, don't panic, His Royal Highness King Jing is just not angry that the military power has been cut, and he is angry and kills, and he does not dare to rebel." ”

"Great Heavenly Master, King Jing's ability is comparable to that of Li Rongsheng of the Song Kingdom, the widow grew up with him since he was a child, his ambition is too great, how can the widow not worry..."

Xuanyuan Huayu stroked his purple beard, which showed his cultivation, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the old man asks you, if the emperor passed on to him back then, does Your Majesty think King Jing can spare you?"

Emperor Liang Guo, who had only passed the year of knowing his fate last month, immediately said: "That widow naturally can't live today." ”

Xuanyuan Huayu nodded and said: "Then in that case, why didn't Your Majesty solve this problem when he succeeded to the throne first, why did he wait until now that he has been closed for many years before he wants to do it?"

The emperor sighed and said: "At the beginning, the widow succeeded to the throne, and all the forces were ready to move, and the widow was not at ease if King Jing was not kept." But who knows, in the past few decades, King Jing has been doing things for the widow, but at the same time he has secretly recruited troops to strengthen himself, and the widow can no longer control him..."

Xuanyuan Huayu said: "Your Majesty wants to cut the domain, why not learn from the Song State's reduction of the domain? Several vassal kings of the Song State are now in name only, talking about military power, and even the autonomy of the fief is about to be lost. In the first battle of Leyouyuan, Li Rongsheng became famous in the first battle, and while destroying the king of Huainan, he also shocked other vassal kings, paving the way for the later reduction of the domain, and the emperor of the Song State has only been on the throne for ten years!"

The emperor was silent for a long time before he said: "The widow also thinks the same, but there is no one around the widow, if the widow can have a person like Li Rongsheng, then the widow destroys the king of Jing is just a snap of his fingers." ”

Xuanyuan Huayu said: "Your Majesty, relax, as long as the old man and Caolu support you, don't say that King Jing will not dare to rebel, even if we dare to rebel, we can react quickly without causing too much shock." ”

The emperor nodded: "I hope that the Great Heavenly Master will pay more attention, and the peace of the Liang Kingdom will be handed over to you." ”

After the emperor left, Xuanyuan Huayu shook his head lightly and sighed: "Such an emperor, what can he do to compete with the Song State and the Wei State for the world?"

Taoism cultivates and pays attention to tranquility, which is the same as Confucianism and Buddhism. Cultivators who have reached the level of Xuanyuan Huayu only need to sleep for one hour a day, and they can do a lot of things with a lot more time than ordinary people.

"If you are not virtuous, you will not fight the people. Inexpensive and rare goods, so that the people will not be robbed. Xuanyuan Huayu came to the study and read the Taoist scriptures that he had read hundreds of times. When he first read these books 70 years ago, he enjoyed them with relish, and he still reads them now. The rise and fall of the royal family of the Liang Kingdom, he doesn't care, he only cares about the rise and fall of the grassland, or even he doesn't even care much about the rise and fall of the grassland, if he doesn't fight for the rise and fall, there is no rise and fall!

"Master, a letter from the second senior brother. The four disciples took the letter from the capital city of Bianjing in the Song Kingdom.

Xuanyuan Huayu took the letter, opened it, and after a while, he smiled and said, "Your second senior brother found a malleable talent in the Song Kingdom and asked me if I could recruit him." ”

The fourth disciple nodded, the master didn't ask, he didn't dare to ask.

Xuanyuan Huayu said: "Your second senior brother learned a little bit of physiognomy with me, so he met people everywhere, and he didn't change his teachings, and when he came back, I had to punish him for copying the scriptures a hundred times." I heard that your senior brother and uncle are on their way back, and I didn't send you to Bianjing this time, and when your senior brother and they come back, you can learn more from them. ”

The fourth disciple said respectfully, "Yes, Master." As the disciple saw, the second senior brother's physiognomy was very accurate. ”

Xuanyuan Huayu said: "I think you all like the second child the most, and you are most afraid of the boss." Whoever is the right to punish is the one you are most afraid of. ”

The fourth disciple said: "The disciple thinks that the senior brother is the most upright, and the second senior brother is the most benevolent, and we all admire it." ”

Xuanyuan Huayu laughed: "Okay, let's go down and rest early." ”

Xuanyuan Huayu sat down and continued to read the book for less than half an hour, and someone came to report: "Great Heavenly Master, the south is probing, Li Jiajun 1,000 people set off from Danyang Town, went west, and when I set up camp, I don't know what the plan is." ”

"Get the map. After hearing this, Xuanyuan immediately stood up, and a servant took out a border map and spread it on the table.

Xuanyuan Huayu looked at the map and said with a sigh of relief: "Reply to Dingyang to guard the general, guard the city, don't worry about the rest." The purpose of the Song army was only to Xiliang. ”

"Yes!"

"Slow down, tell the military department to strengthen the defense of the southern side, then it is normal for Li Rongsheng to make any crazy moves. ”

"Yes!"

Xuanyuan Huayu remembered the king who had complained to him just now, and sneered: "Even if you give you a Li Rongsheng, I'm afraid it won't be long before you kill him out of fear..."

The southern border pass of the Liang State, Dingyang City.

The guard general Shan Yongkui couldn't sleep at all now, and he still didn't feel the slightest sleepiness after tossing and turning in bed for half an hour, so he simply got up in armor, went out, and ran to the city.

"General, the Song army actually dares to set up a camp within the range of our army's bow and arrow!"

Shan Yongkui roughly estimated the next distance, and if his bow and arrow shot with all his strength, he would be able to reach the edge of the Song army's camp. "It's only a thousand people, don't panic, the enemy doesn't move, I don't move. ”