Just after the time of eating, the pavilion was already crowded with people.

In addition to the major families in Jingzhou who want to come to smash the field due to different positions, there are many other people who come to see the excitement.

The people of the surrounding townships, the ordinary scholars who came to Jingzhou to avoid trouble, and Shen Chen's friends.

Yes, Qin Hui still has three or five friends, and Shen Chen also has friends.

Wang Cang, Pan Jun, and they are all here, although Song Zhong and Shen Chen also have different positions, but the master and apprentice, everyone can only be regarded as a good gathering and dispersal, and there is no big contradiction.

Therefore, there were also some people from the Xianshan Academy who had already debated with Shen Chen on the mountain, so naturally they didn't plan to come over to participate.

Wang Cang and the others just came to see Shen Chen's situation today, so that they would not help the field, but they would not smash the field.

In addition, the number of other ordinary scholars was even higher, and there could even be thirty or forty people.

Such as Xu Shu, Shi Tao, Meng Jian, Cui Jun and others are there.

Their status in Jingzhou Shilin is not high, they are just ordinary scholars who come to Jingzhou to avoid trouble, so even if they have their own positions, it is difficult to get involved, so they simply come to watch the battle.

And although Shen Chen is also an ordinary scholar from outside, he relies on the Deng family, has the Xinye Deng family and Liu Biao platform, plus Deng Hong married Cai Zhan's daughter, the tide is rising, and his status is naturally not the same as theirs.

Among them, there are also heavyweight guests, that is, Pang Tong.

Pang Tong was actually not very famous before Sima Hui came, and it was not until next year, that is, after Sima Hui went south to Jingzhou in 198 AD, that he praised Pang Tong as the head of Jingzhou's celebrities, and he became famous.

But the family behind him should not be underestimated.

It is currently second only to the Xiangyang Ponzi clan under the Cai clan and the Kuai clan.

Pang Degong's influence spreads all over Jingzhou, so his arrival also makes some people wonder if the Pang family is going to participate?

"Hasn't Pang Gong always ignored government affairs? Liu Yuanjun has wanted to give up his official several times, but Pang Gong has not agreed, Pang Tong is here, is it? ”

"Don't guess, Pang Gongde is highly respected, how could he come to get involved in the arguments of the juniors."

"But that doesn't mean that Pang Gong also thinks that Liu Yuanjun ......"

"Shut up, don't hurt us if you want to die."

A few scholars whispered.

Only Pang Tong, who was standing beside Xu Shu at this time, noticed that there was a lot of discussion over there, but he didn't squint and didn't bother to take care of it.

Pang Degong placed his affection on the landscape, and indeed did not mean to participate in current affairs.

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue saw that he repeatedly rejected Liu Biao's expedition, thinking that he was a fellow believer and wanted to be attached to Cao Cao, so they went to him last year and asked if they could persuade Liu Biao to join him, but Pang Degong smiled and avoided talking about it.

Later, it was proved that he really only wanted to be an idle cloud and wild crane, and after Cao Cao seized Jingzhou, he wanted to recruit him into the office, but he refused, and went to Lumen Mountain in seclusion, and did not want to go out of the mountain at all.

Therefore, it is impossible for Pang Degong to send Pang Tong to represent the Pang family.

This time, Pang Tong came over, and he only came in a private capacity to see Shen Chen's talents.

Pang Tong is a person who likes to comment on other people's abilities, and later became famous and famous, so he often commented on outstanding talents.

The last time everyone had dinner together, Shen Chen's point of view was quite unique.

Everyone thought that Cao Cao greeted the Son of Heaven and was Huo Guang, the Duke of Zhou, who could help the Han family in the name of the Son of Heaven to conquer the thieves from all directions, but he thought that Cao Cao was Wang Mang Dong Zhuo, which was surprising.

However, although he was different from everyone's ideas, Pang Tong still wanted to see if Shen Chen's talent could support his arguments, so he came over to watch.

When Zhuge Liang took Zhuge Jun to get out of the carriage, he saw them resting under the pergola built outside the pavilion not far away, so he slowly walked over and said: "Brother Yuanzhi, Brother Guangyuan, Brother Gongwei, Brother Zhouping, Brother Atong......"

He greeted them one by one.

In the past few months, Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen have often visited Pang Degong, Xu Shu They have a good relationship with Pang Degong, and they also have a good relationship with Pang Tong, so they know each other, but they are not familiar with each other yet.

Especially Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen have met him a few times so far.

Because Yingchuan celebrity Sima Hui opened a school in Yingchuan and was very famous, Pang Tong went to visit Sima Hui a few years ago, and he didn't come back until last year, and the friendship between the two sides can only be regarded as nodding friends.

However, although the friendship is average, the two sides are relatives after all, so they must come over.

And because Pang Tong is not like Zhuge Liang who takes the word in advance because he has no elders, Zhuge Liang can only call Pang Tong, who is eighteen years old this year, by his nickname, so that it is not rude.

Xu Shu is more familiar, and smiled at Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, are you here too?" ”

Zhuge Liang nodded, looked at Shen Chen, who was standing at the door of the mansion not far away, and smiled: "Ah Chen is going to open a school hall this year, so naturally I will come and see it." ”

"Don't you also think that Cao Cao is Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo?"

Xu Shu wondered.

Most of the people who came here to smash the field today were because Shen Chen confronted Cao Cao and instigated Liu Biao to divide the territory, which ruined their interests, so they came to make trouble.

But these low-level ordinary scholars, because they have no background, they will not be reused because Liu Biao is attached to Cao Cao, so they have no interest in it, and they can look at the problem from other angles.

Before, Shen Chen thought that Cao Cao was Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo, and everyone felt that it was a little extreme, but now that Zhuge Liang came over to support him, Xu Shu thought that Zhuge Liang also saw it this way?

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "I don't know if Cao Cao is or not, but at least all the way from Xuzhou, the corpses are piled up like a mountain, and the blood is flowing, which is terrifying." ”

"Cao Cao did kill too much."

Xu Shu nodded, this is undeniable, it's just that killing is killing, Bai Qi also killed 400,000 soldiers, as long as he can support the Han family and serve the imperial court, it is a flaw at this point, and the world will choose to forgive.

As the two were talking, Shen Chen had already walked out of the gate, and outside the door, in addition to Deng Hong and Liu Xian, the two people sent by Liu Biao to help stand on the platform, twenty guards were also transferred from the Yellow Gate Pavilion to maintain order.

At this moment, there are already many people outside the door, roughly looking, there are about two or three hundred, some of them are parents who bring their children to study, and some are villagers watching the excitement around them.

The others were the scholars who smashed the field, the ordinary scholars who came to watch, and friends like Zhuge Liang, Wang Cang, Pan Jun and others who came to pay close attention to this matter.

After Shen Chen came out, many parents outside shouted: "Shen Xiaolang, I brought my children to study, and I also brought a bundle of gifts." ”

"Xiaolang, is the class starting today?"

"Xiaolang, my family is very poor, I don't even have a single bacon, so I can only bring two pieces of bread to give away, can you accept my son?"

"My child is 17 years old, and I don't know if I can still come to school."

Many villagers stepped forward one after another.

They all have children with them, some are five or six years old, some are seven or eight years old, most of them are around ten years old, and there are even teenagers who are fifteen, sixteen or seven years old.

The literacy rate in ancient times was very low, especially in the Han Dynasty, when paper was not widely available, and people often had to rely on bamboo slips and famous teachers to learn and learn characters. jújíá?y.?? m

Therefore, to be able to read, at least it must be at the level of the poor and powerful, and only those with a certain social status and wealth can study, and the most common thing is that the family has its own internal family education.

The vast number of villagers have no education at all, so there are many illiterate people in their seventies and eighties, and the children of the common people and the poor in the surrounding villages, as well as those with a little outstanding knowledge, do not want to let go of this opportunity.

Therefore, seize the opportunity to send your children over, even if they are teenagers, and hope that they can change their destiny.

Shen Chen said with a smile: "Don't worry, the sage Confucius once said, "There is no class in teaching." Confucius, no matter who he is, should have the right to learn knowledge, Confucius is also fifteen and aspiring to learn, no matter at any time it is not too late to read and learn words, and the gift is not precious, even if it is two pieces of bread, you can also come to read."

"That's good, that's good."

The villagers' original anxiety was suddenly put down, and they were also very determined to send their children to study, but they were afraid that Shen Chen would not accept it.

At this moment, someone suddenly said: "Zi said: "There is no class of teaching", but "I have not tasted no teachings above the self-restraint cultivation", since there is no restraint of cultivation, how can we talk about etiquette? is so rude, Ye Neng accepts disciples, can't he be smiling and generous? ”

Shen Chen frowned, looked over, and saw that it was a young scholar, and said in his heart that you are rude, so he said: "If you want to debate the scriptures, you will be free to enter later, now please allow me to recruit students." ”

"You haven't answered my question yet."

The scholar said toughly.

Shen Chen's temper suddenly came up, and he brushed his sleeves and said: "Bundled, the thin one of the rites, the Taoist respects and then knows the respect and learning, and everyone knows the "Book of Rites" cloud: sincerity and sincerity." Although the villagers are unrestrained, they can lose to the peasants and be good at learning, poor at home and long in ambition, is this not a sincere heart? Even the ancestor can avoid the shackles of Yan Hui, but you only care about this vulgar ceremony, it is really rotten wood that cannot be carved! ”

At that time, students were required to receive ten sticks of bacon as a gift, note that it was a gift and not a tuition. Therefore, if you don't give bacon, it will be considered rude. There is a saying that "the ancient news comes to learn, but the unheard of the teaching", and this bundle actually represents an attitude of your sincere learning.

So if I didn't make a gift to the teacher at that time, the teacher would be very angry, and if it was worth it, it would at least make the teacher feel uncomfortable and feel that the student's attitude towards learning was not very good.

And where the scholar accused Shen Chen was that the villagers did not give them restraints, but he happily accepted students, whether it was for the villagers or for Shen Chen himself, it was a rude performance, how could a person without etiquette accept students? It is bound to be ridiculed by everyone.

But he won't think about it, the people at the bottom can't even eat, and ten pieces of bacon are nothing to them in the big family, but for the bottom who may not be able to eat a piece of meat all year round, it is a big burden to take ten pieces of bacon as a gift.

Therefore, this kind of person is completely a mentality of why not eat minced meat, and he is shameless, but he came to accuse Shen Chen of being a person who exempts everyone from giving gifts and teaches the people to read for free, which is obviously just a rotten Confucian who only knows the books of etiquette and law.

Originally, Shen Chen still wanted to give him some face, and then he would go in and talk about it later, but he had to continue to ask questions in front of the public, so Shen Chen was naturally not polite and came up to scold him.

This kind of person is simply a waste of air in life and a waste of land in death.

The scholar was stunned by the rebuttal, and he didn't know what to say, but the people around him applauded.

"Well, that's a good point."

"That's a good thing, although the villagers didn't give gifts, but they abandoned their family's agriculture to come to study, and would rather come hungry, isn't this sincere enough?"

"Sincerity, sincerity, sincerity, Shen Xiaolang is right, that person is a little sacrificing."

Most of the people who applauded Shen Chen were scholars from poor families or low-level people.

Although they are a little higher class than the common people and the poor, they are at least closer to the bottom and know how difficult life is for the people at the bottom.

The fact that people can't take out the restraints itself means that the family is already very poor.

Even if he is very poor, he is willing not to engage in agricultural production at this time, and comes to study here with Shen Chen, doesn't it prove how sincere his heart is to study?

So that person can only deserve to be scolded.

After Shen Chen finished scolding here, he beckoned the parents of the students outside to come in, register one by one, write down their names, places of origin, age, etc., and accept the bundles sent one by one, because there are always those who are a little richer and can afford to give a meeting gift.

And those who are from particularly poor families are embarrassed to come empty-handed. Shen Chen not only did not accept gifts, but also said that if the child learns well, he will also reward him with something to encourage him to study hard.

For a while, everyone had different ideas, and each had their own thoughts.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.