Chapter 73 The human heart is inherently evil

Chong'an School Palace, Xinglin Forum.

As the most sacred place of Chong'an Academy, countless ways of governing the country, the righteousness of the people, and the law of strengthening the army are all from here to the temples of various countries.

Nine of the fourteen people who are now ministers in the vassal states have studied here. Chong'an School Palace is not confined to the sect, the disciplines are complete, the style of study is open-minded, as long as the people who have studied here, they will be famous in the Spring and Autumn Continent.

Fan Yi, who has been a classmate of Xun Wuwu for ten years, has just been honored as a guest by King Qin, and Chong'an School Palace once again appeared in front of those scholars who were obsessed with fame.

Fan Yi also sent someone to send a lot of gold and silver to show the kindness of the school palace to his cultivation.

At the same time, there was also a letter sent, which was written on letterhead to Xun Wuwu, who was the wine priest of the school palace at the time.

After reading the contents of the letter, Xun Wuwu smiled with relief, burned the letterhead, and muttered: "Brother Fan, you have promoted me, Xun is a scholar who has no intention of fame and fortune, and he only wants to be a teacher ......in this life."

Xun Wuwu walked out of the room, looking at the sunset that was about to set, with a stunned expression.

This is the third time he has served as a school palace sacrificial wine. As the head of the school palace, he didn't realize that the Chong'an School Palace at this time was like the sunset on the top of the West Mountain.

Qi civil strife continues, corruption is rampant, if this continues, the Qi State will sooner or later go to extinction, and the Chong'an Academy Palace is also destined to fall with the Qi State.

Although Fan Yi became a guest of the King of Qin, remembering the kindness of being taught in the Chong'an Academy, he persuaded the King of Qin to reconcile with the State of Qi, temporarily giving the State of Qi a chance to breathe. However, Xun Wuwu understands that his classmate, who is also a teacher and friend, is not in one country, but in the whole world.

Xun Wuwu was hesitating whether to go to Qin at Fan Yi's invitation and explain his thoughts to Fan Yi in person. I saw two teenagers walking into his residence, and these two were the two most naughty people in the entire Chong'an School Palace, Li Tonggu and Gongsun Zheng.

Li Tonggu stepped forward with a smile, bowed and said, "Sir, I heard that Mr. Fan was honored as a guest by King Qin, is it true?" ”。

Xun Wuwu stroked his beard, looked at the shrewd student in his eyes, and said loudly: "What do you think?" ”。

Li Tonggu got up and pondered for a while: "A manly man, born in heaven and earth, should pursue meritorious deeds, this seven-foot body should be a masterpiece and famous in ......the world."

Xun Wuwu did not comment on Li Tonggu, and asked Gongsun Zheng instead: "What do you think?" ”。

Gongsun Zheng glanced at Li Tonggu and was silent for a long time before he replied in a low voice: "Students think that life in the world is the first thing in the value of life, knowing etiquette and music and valuing the people's livelihood, feeling the sky and the people, it should be the essence, if you don't know the truth, whether it is the country or the king, they are just ordinary people."

Xun Wuwu looked at Gongsun Zheng with a smile and nodded.

walked down the steps, stood in front of the two of them, and said, "I'm going to Qin Kingdom, would you two like to go with me to have a look?" ”。

"Of course I am willing to ......," Li Tonggu was overjoyed. He has long wanted to go out to travel, learn and learn, not just from the article to find the answer, but to walk thousands of miles.

"The students are willing to go to ......," Gongsun Zheng replied.

Xun Wuwu smiled and said, "Okay, then you two go back and clean up, and we will set off tomorrow ......."

As soon as the two of them turned around, they saw Han Shaoqing, who had only arrived at the school palace not long ago, walking in with a sword, and when he saw the school palace's sacrificial wine, he bowed down and said, "Student Han Shaoqing has seen Mr. ......."

Xun Wuwu smiled mildly and asked, "Do you have something to do with me?" ”。

Han Shaoqing said in a deep voice: "The student has a question, I want to ask Mr. ......."

Xun Wuwu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "What's the problem?" ”。

"The student went to the imperial capital not long ago, and saw a beggar-like child who was beaten by the butcher on the street, and saved it, and later learned that the child stole first, and the butcher just taught me a lesson, and the student didn't know if it was a mistake, and I hope Mr. taught me" Han Shaoqing has been haunted by what happened in the imperial capital Luoyang not long ago.

"Human nature is evil, there is no right or wrong, the child steals to fill his stomach, and the butcher beats him just to recover his own interests, which is right and wrong?" Xun Wuwu looked at the three teenagers standing in front of him.

"Sir, Confucius said that people are inherently good, since the child stole first, it was his fault, didn't Shaoqing save him to help the abuse?" Gongsun Zheng said.

"Gongsun is wrong to say this, why do children steal? is to survive, just like a tiger bullying a sheep, it is supposed to save the sheep, because the sheep is weak, the butcher will not die because he loses money, and the child may starve to death if he has no money, Shaoqing saved him, it is a righteous move, what is wrong? Li Tonggu retorted.

The two of them were not convinced by anyone, and they argued for a while, but neither could convince anyone.

Xun Wuwu looked at the two of them, and was silent for a long time before saying: "Okay, what you said makes sense, and it's not right, the child stealing is to help the butcher atone for his sins, and there is nothing wrong with saving it, and the butcher beating the child is to help the child atone for his sins, and there is nothing wrong, so there is nothing wrong with what you do, and since you have made your choice and done it, don't ask whether it is right or wrong, remember?" ”。

"Remember......" the trio replied.

"Thank you, sir, the student is quit......" Han Shaoqing replied, turned around and walked out.

"Shaoqing, do you want to go to the Qin State?" Li Tonggu asked.

Han Shaoqing stopped, looked back at Li Tonggu suspiciously, and didn't understand what he meant.

Li Tonggu realized that he might be dominating, and looked at Xun Wuwu with some embarrassment. Xun Wuwu's face was gentle, he was not angry, and said with a smile: "You go back and clean up, and go to the Qin Kingdom with us tomorrow ......."

"Oh!" Han Shaoqing answered, scratched his head and walked out of the courtyard.

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For four days, there has been no news from Chen Zhenyi.

Seeing that the fifth day of the fifth month of May was approaching, Zhou Zixiu, a young man in white, couldn't sit still.

He had seen the power of the Demon Venerable, and he was not an opponent. If he really wanted to snatch the Heavenly Spirit Stone, without Chen Zhenyi, they would definitely not be able to stop it. What's more, there are also the Holy Spirit Valley, Lingyin Pavilion, Guigu Qingxi and the Mo family, at that time, everyone will rob, and Wudang will not be able to help him, how can he stop the Demon Venerable?

"Brother Crane, have you found any traces of the Demon Venerable?" The young man in white asked the white crane.

Bai He stood outside the corridor on the second floor of the backyard of the inn, looking at the dark night in a daze, silent.

He was always silent at critical times, which made Zhou Zixiu very annoyed, but he was embarrassed to have a seizure, and turned around and left the inn angrily.

Seeing Zhou Zixiu walking down, the little girl greeted her with a smile and asked, "Where are you going?" ”。

"Do you want to hang out?" Zhou Zixiu had an idea and asked malicefully.

The innocent little girl didn't see the look in Zhou Zixiu's eyes, and nodded excitedly: "Yes!" Can you take me out? ”。

"It's not that it can't, it's just that what's in it for me to take you out?" Zhou Zixiu wanted to indulge in the old and set up the little girl. The little girl who didn't find out that it was a trap said without thinking: "As long as you take me out, you can do whatever you want me to do."

Waiting for your words, Zhou Zixiu smiled: "This is what you said!" It is not allowed to repudiate ......".

"You didn't know me on the first day, when did I regret what I said?" The little girl asked rhetorically.

"Didn't you? You promised me that I wouldn't leave the North Underworld, but how did you get here now? Zhou Zixiu said coldly.

The little girl not only did not feel ashamed, but said a little angrily: "I just went out of the Northern Underworld, and I didn't kill people and goods, and besides, I didn't cultivate my human form when I promised you, and now I have a human form, so it's not a breach of promise!" ”。

Zhou Zixiu saw that the foreshadowing was almost over, and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't mention the past, but what you say now must be counted, otherwise I won't take you out."

If I didn't know the way, I wouldn't have come with you. The little girl was not convinced, but she smiled and said, "I promise you, I will listen to you, this is always okay, right?" ”。

The goal was achieved, Zhou Zixiu didn't say more, turned around and walked out, the little girl followed behind him, and left the inn together.

The two walked out of the south gate of Liangxi City and walked all the way to Taihu Lake.

The little girl asked, "Have you noticed a special power in that kid?" ”。

Zhou Zixiu, a young man in white, said unexplained: "What power? ”。

"I want to know what kind of power I still use to ask you, I have seen many people in the Spring and Autumn Continent over the years, but I have never found that kind of power, it is not the true qi of Taoism, nor the heroic qi of Confucianism, it seems to ...... It seems that ......" The little daughter didn't know how to describe it, so she stuck on that point and repeated like a repeater: "It's like ......".

The young man in white suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at the little girl, and said angrily: "What does it seem?" ”。

The little girl frowned, searched all the words, sifted through everything, but couldn't find a vivid and appropriate word living thing to explain the mysterious power she had discovered from Chen Zhenyi.

Seeing the little girl's blushing face, Zhou Zixiu couldn't help but laugh for a while, and sneered: "I can't even understand the words, and I don't know what you've learned in the past few years......."

The youngest daughter snorted coldly, and said angrily: "Old ...... What do I learn and what do you care? Why am I telling you? ”。 The little girl was about to talk about the old lady, but suddenly she didn't dare to say it.

Zhou Zixiu didn't want to deal with this Northern Netherworld spirit who had no human skin, but didn't understand human nature, so he quickened his pace.

The two soon arrived at the shore of Taihu Lake.

Looking at the lake that had fallen a lot, the young man in white wondered, "Why did the water go down?" ”。

The little girl naturally didn't know the reason why the water in Taihu Lake was decreasing, so she was silent.

Zhou Zixiu turned around and said with a smile: "I have something to ask you for help with now, you won't refuse, right?" ”。

The youngest daughter shook her head helplessly, and said aggrievedly: "I knew that it would be no good to follow you, and I wouldn't have come out if I had known......."

Zhou Zixiu's conspiracy succeeded, turned a deaf ear to the little girl's grievances, and said with a smile: "It's too late to regret it now, but it's just to borrow your nose and don't ask you to kill people and set fires, why do you think so badly of me?" ”。

"What do you want me to do?" The little girl asked.

"Help me find that kid, he is very important, it is a matter of common people, only you may be able to find him now" Zhou Zixiu said with a positive color.

The little girl didn't want to pour cold water, but she had to say something, "It's been a few days, I'm afraid he's dead, and even if he finds it, it may be a corpse ......."

The young man in white glanced at the little girl and affirmed: "He won't die so easily, everyone has his mission, and his mission hasn't been completed yet, so I don't believe he died like this."

The little girl wanted to say something, but when she saw the hopeful look in the eyes of the white-clothed young man Zhou Zixiu, she swallowed back the words that came to her mouth.