The Chong'an Academy, which specializes in cultivating celebrities and scholars, has a history of more than 100 years.

Because it is located in Chong'an City, it is named Chong'an School Palace. This collection of Taoism, Confucianism, law, ink, yin and yang, vertical and horizontal as one of the institutions, is the world's famous gathering place, for a hundred years, very prestigious. At that time, Xun Wuwu, who was the wine sacrifice of the school palace, was a famous teacher in the world who wanted to see the style of the scholars of the entire Spring and Autumn Continent.

Jingdao Studies, Confucianism, Law, Mohist Theory, Yin Yang and other theories became famous all over the world at the age of thirty, and the celebrities in the world did not taste it.

I read it with my classmates and taught it with my colleagues. Later, Mencius was obsessed with fame, tossed and turned in the vassal states, and tasted all the sourness. On the other hand, Xun Wuwu did not want to be famous, but only devoted himself to the interpretation of all the sons and scholars, and gradually became the leading figure in Chong'an and even in the entire Spring and Autumn Continent.

According to rumors, Xun Wuwu, who is only over the age of confusion, is already at the ninth order of the Sage Realm, and he is only one step away from the heavenly man.

However, the credibility of these rumors needs to be verified, and Xun Wuwu, who was as famous as Mencius and was in the same realm, could still say that he had reached the peak in academics, but it was a bit ridiculous to reach the ninth order of the Sage Realm in cultivation.

After all, because of the frequent wars, the Chong'an Academy was inevitably affected, and the luck did not have to be as majestic as in previous years.

The Chong'an School Palace is no longer what it was when Mencius was here ten years ago.

Although the Xue Palace is a private school, after all, within the territory of the Qi State, it will still be more or less affected by the gradual decline of the Qi State.

In a bamboo forest in the backyard of the school palace, a man in a green shirt stood with his hands in his hands, and two disciples stood behind him. The man in the green shirt in front of him was Xun Wuwu, who was the wine priest of the school palace at the time. With a resolute expression, his lips were closed, his brows were slightly furrowed, and a pair of blazing Danfeng eyes stared at a high platform in the depths of the bamboo forest, silent.

The two disciples behind him, about eleven or twelve years old, were in the prime of their youth, and their faces were full of anticipation and curiosity, but also a touch of awe and reserve. After all, Mr. Xun Wuwu, who is also a wine priest in the palace, is in front, even if there is more restlessness and excitement in their hearts, they don't dare to be too presumptuous, but the small movements in the hands of the two people next to each other have never stopped.

The gentleman asked them to go to the bamboo forest for one thing - to observe and learn!

The reason why they called the two of them alone is very simple, that is, because they were too naughty, they left the school palace without permission and went to Yanliu Lane in Chong'an City to peek at the singer dance.

The so-called observation of learning is to see the mind from things, so as to understand the importance of learning. In terms of intelligence, the two of them are the best among the scholars of the same age as them in the entire school palace, and it is these two leaders who cause trouble every day, which makes Xun Wuwu a headache.

The spring breeze blows, and the bamboo forest moves lightly.

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The capital of Zhao State, Handan.

At the new Lieutenant's Mansion, the gray-robed young man and Xu Li walked into the middle hall.

The two who hadn't seen each other for a long time couldn't help but have a pleasantry. The slightly drunk Xu Li sighed with emotion and reunited after a long absence, and also hoped for the future. After talking for a long time, the gray-robed young man drank tea while listening to the nagging of the senior brother he hadn't seen for more than five years, and did not show the slightest boredom, but was full of admiration for him.

"Shaoqing, Master, is his old man okay?" Xu Li finally remembered his master and asked with a serious expression.

The young man put down the teacup in his hand and said softly: "Master, he came to retreat, and I was bored on the mountain alone, so I came to find you......"

Xu Li remembered that in recent years, except for this little junior brother, the master seemed to have never accepted apprentices, and the other senior brothers had already gone down the mountain, and when he left five years ago, the master and the little junior brother were left in the entire lonely mountain. Thinking of this, Xu Li asked with some guilt: "How have you been in the past five years?" ”

"That's it! Cultivation and learning the Fa, day after day, boring," the young man sighed.

"How long is Master going into retreat?" After drinking a few sips of sobering tea, Xu Li sobered up a lot, sat upright, and asked softly.

The young man said loudly: "It will take at least three years, Master told me that he didn't see anyone during his retreat, and three days ago, I didn't find him after I got up, so I came to you."

Xu Li nodded, was silent for a long time, and said: "Then you can stay in the mansion with peace of mind, and on the day when the master leaves the customs, we will go back to Gushan together."

The young man was not in a hurry to make a statement, stood up and looked out of the courtyard, and after a long time said, "I came to see you, and I will leave soon......."

Xu Li was a little surprised, walked up to the young man, and asked, "Where are you going?" ”。

The young man looked up at the blue sky and said firmly: "I want to go to the Chong'an Academy ......."

A flash of surprise flashed on Xu Li's face, and after a while, he was replaced by a smile, and said: "Chong'an School Palace, it is a place where famous people from all over the world gather, at your age, you should learn more things, when do you plan to leave?" ”。 Xu Li didn't keep it, because he knew that everyone had their own ambitions, and the junior brother had extraordinary qualifications, as long as he was willing to learn more things, he had no reason to stop him.

The young man thought for a moment, withdrew his gaze from the sky, and said, "I've already seen you, so I'm ...... leaving."

Xu Li didn't expect the young man to be so anxious, and said with a smile: "Why don't you stay here for one night?" It's good to talk to me! ”。

The young man shook his head, looked at the senior brother who already had a little gray hair, and said steadily: "Senior brother, I still have a lot of places I want to go, since I have seen it, the purpose of my trip has been achieved, and I have said everything that should be said, so there is no need to bother you anymore, you take care!" ”。

As he spoke, the young man stepped out of the threshold, walked to the middle of the courtyard, turned back again, and said, "I almost forgot the big thing, Master told me before the retreat that on the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month, the Taihu Heavenly Essence Stone will reappear, if you are interested, you can go and see it!" ”。

After saying that, he left the courtyard directly.

Xu Li looked at the empty courtyard gate and thought thoughtfully.

The legend of Taihu Lake essence stone has long spread in the Spring and Autumn Continent, and it is not a new thing for a long time. It's just that in the past thousand years, there has been an endless stream of people who have gone to Taihu Lake to look for the Tianjing Stone, and no one has found it, because only the Tianjing Stone is a strange stone with heavenly opportunities, as long as it does not want to be in the world, it cannot be found.

The fifth day of the fifth month of May is about to appear?

Since the Heavenly Spirit Stone is about to appear in this world, why did Master choose to retreat at this time? Hasn't he always wanted it? Why did he ask the little brother to tell me the news? Are you telling me to rob it?

A series of questions flashed in Xu Li's heart, and he couldn't figure out what the master meant.

The gray-clothed young man left the Governor's Mansion, did not stay too much in Handan, bought some dry food from the street, and went west, he planned to go to Luoyang first.

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Outside Hangu Pass, Chen Zhenyi and the three stopped to rest.

Seeing a lot of Qin troops who lost their armor and walked into the pass in embarrassment, these Qin troops who were defeated by the Zhao army in Que and all the way west, and saw Hangu Pass, they were really relieved.

Chen Zhenyi looked at the Qin army that was rushing in and asked, "Sir, where is the war?" ”。

The young man in white shook his head, he didn't know where these remnants had escaped from. Looking at their embarrassed appearance, they were somewhat helpless.

War is always cruel, and it does nothing good for either the victorious side or the defeated side. However, war is also inevitable, and the so-called lack of human hearts swallows elephants, and as long as there are people, the world will not be peaceful.

Especially like the Qin State, a country that judges heroes by its military exploits and advocates war even more.

After a short period of compassion, the young man in white stopped thinking about these things, and said with a smile: "People's hearts are not ancient, killing for profit, since ancient times, you and I cultivate the Tao, just to help the needy, subdue demons and eliminate demons, why mess with the Dao heart for these things, take a break, and rush to Taihu Lake as soon as possible is the most important ......."

Chen Zhen glanced at the young man in white, and said thoughtfully: "Sir, do you think that the war in the world will mess up the Dao heart?" ”。

The young man in white stepped aside, sat down on a stone, drank a few sips of water and said: "War is not a fight between two people, it is a game of tens of thousands of people, or even hundreds of thousands of people, even if you and I have the heart, we can't stop it."

Chen Zhenyi thought for a moment and was puzzled: "Then what is the meaning of our cultivation?" ”。

"Cultivating the Tao is your own body, you can educate people, but you can't control them, just as the Tao will not control your words and deeds, only those who are willing to seek the Tao and walk are the people you want to transform, just as the way of heaven saves the defenders of the Tao. You have compassion for their minds that are not the Tao, but goodness, which can be given to one person, but cannot save sentient beings, and what can save them is the Tao, the Tao in their hearts, not the Tao you cultivate," the young man in white explained.

Chen Zhenyi looked at the canyon again, and there were still people running from the east one after another, staggering into Hangu Pass.

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The Zhou Dynasty, which existed in name only, survived in the eastern capital of Luoyang.

This nominal imperial capital still hangs the Great Banner of Zhou Tianxia, but it is slightly sad.

The people in the city guarded the Son of Heaven, but there was no scenery of the people of Beijing. Although the Son of Heaven is still there, there is only one name left that sounds good.

The gray-clothed young man raised his head and looked at the imperial capital of Handan City, frowned and muttered: "Sunset in the West Mountain, Luoyang is really not a good place."

Then he strode into the city gate, and walked on the deserted street for about a stick of incense before stopping in front of a restaurant. Xiao Er greeted him warmly and dragged him into the restaurant, where the young man asked for a pot of wine and sat down in a corner.

When he was studying the Fa in the Lonely Mountain, he listened to the master's lectures, and from ancient times to the present, the most mentioned is the Fa, and the senior brother made the backward Qin State rise rapidly with his own strength, relying on the Fa.

The essence of jurisprudence lies in the clear distinction between rewards and punishments, regardless of personal feelings. For the state, this is an effective means to change the national strength, but for people, it is easy to offend people. The elder brother is also famous all over the world because of the law, and he also died in a foreign land because of the law.

He went down the mountain this time to make a way for himself.

The boy drank a glass of wine and squinted at the people coming and going on the street, very confused.

At this moment, a cry for help came to his ears, and the young man got out of his thoughts and walked out of the restaurant.

Seeing a group of people surrounding a dirty child, a middle-aged man who looked like a butcher grabbed the child's collar, lifted the child up like a bucket, and laughed: "Little cub, you are quite bold and stole it from me?" ”。

The child kept kicking his legs and shouting for help. Kicking the butcher in the stomach, the butcher was furious, raised his slap, and was about to slap the child in the face.

"Stop......"

“......”

Two equally eager voices rang out at the same time.

Two teenagers rushed into the crowd from two directions. One was about seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in white, with a very kind face, and the other was gray, with an angry face, the two teenagers glanced at each other, and then said in unison: "Let go of ......"

The butcher looked at the gray-clothed young man behind him, and then at the white-clothed young man in front of him, and said with a smile: "Who are you?" If you want me to let go of him, it's simple, take a hundred dollars, and I will let him go immediately."

Chen Zhenyi touched his pocket, looking embarrassed, he didn't have any of them, let alone a hundred, and he wanted to borrow some from the young man in white when he turned around, but the three people who were still behind him were already gone at this time. In desperation, he could only hope for the young man in gray, and the young man in gray was also embarrassed.

The butcher saw that the two of them were swollen and fat, and laughed mockingly: "If you don't have money, don't pretend to be a good person for me......."

After speaking, he kicked the child and prepared to leave, Chen Zhen took a step forward and pointed at the butcher's shoulder, the butcher was in pain, his hand was loosened, the child fell to the ground, quickly got up, and disappeared with a smoke.

Seeing that the thief had run away, and he was beaten for no reason, the butcher jumped like thunder, took out the pig-killing knife from his waist, and wanted to fight with Chen Zhenyi. But he didn't know that this young man was a practitioner, and within a few strokes, he snatched the knife in his hand and put it on his neck.

The hero does not suffer the loss in front of him, compared to a hundred knife coins, life is more valuable, seeing that he can't beat it, the butcher immediately laughed and said: "Young man, it's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding ......."

Chen Zhen smiled and said, "Don't want money?" ”。

"Don't want it, don't want it......" Although the butcher was not convinced, he said soft words on his lips.

Chen Zhenyi returned the knife to him and scolded: "Take advantage of my good mood, hurry up and get out of ......"

The butcher scolded in his heart: "What a bad luck ......", and ran away quickly.

The gray-clothed young man stepped forward and arched his hand: "Brother Tai, can you have a drink?" ”。

Chen Zhen smiled and said, "Then I might as well be respectful, ......."

When the two walked into the restaurant, they saw the three young men in white drinking leisurely inside, Chen Zhenyi stepped forward and said, "Sir, you guys are running too fast, aren't you?" ”。

The young man in white smiled: "I don't have the money to pretend to be a hero ...... for you."

Chen Zhen was surprised. The gray-clothed young man on the side was unhappy and said: "This brother is just seeing that the road is uneven, and he draws his sword to help, Mr. is a little bit of a villain's heart!" ”。

The young man in white glanced at Han Shaoqing and said with a smile: "You know what happened, so draw a knife to help?" It's the kid who stole in front, and the butcher just wants to recover his own money, what's wrong? ”。

This time, Han Shaoqing was surprised, he just thought he was a butcher and bullied the small, and he didn't know why he wanted to arrest the child, it turned out that the child stole other people's money. Han Shaoqing, who had studied law for many years, felt that he had done something wrong, and couldn't help but bow his head in shame and remain silent.

"Even if a child is at fault first, he can't hit someone! This is Kyoto, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, is there any royal law? Chen Zhenyi argued.

The young man in white laughed and said after a while, "Son of Heaven? It's just a false name, except for a very few people in this city, who still thinks he is the Son of Heaven? ”。

Everyone was speechless.