Sima Hui went to Jingzhou at the beginning of the third year of Jian'an.

In fact, he is also a well-known Confucian in the world, and he has taught many students under his disciples, and everyone in Jingzhou knows him.

For example, Liu Hui, who later served in Cao Wei, studied Sima Hui in Yingchuan when he was ten years old, and Xiang Lang, a heavy minister of Shu Han, also worshiped under him when he was young.

In his early years, Pang Tong heard his name, so he went north to visit, lived in Yingchuan for a year or two, and studied carefully from Sima Hui.

There are also a large number of students whose history has not left their names, especially Jingzhou scholars, who are very many under him.

Therefore, even if Sima Hui never appeared in Jingzhou, Jingzhou Shilin already knew about his fame, and now that he learned that Sima Hui was coming, including his former students, they all came to greet him.

By the time Shen Chen and the others came to the Xiangyang Wharf, they had already seen hundreds of scholars waiting on the wharf in the north of the city, and the person at the head was Xiang Lang of the Xiang family.

From Shen Chen's teaching and educating people last year to now, there are no more people in Jingzhou Shilin who trouble him, but it is not that no one wants to trouble him, but no one is willing to go to the Pavilion to be humiliated.

Now that they suddenly saw Shen Chen appear in Xiangyang City, the crowd was quite surprised for a while, but they didn't expect him to come to greet Sima Hui, and everyone couldn't help but talk about it.

"It's the Shen family's child, he's here too."

"What did he come to do"

"It doesn't matter what he does, last time my brother was refuted by him so badly, this time he should make him look good."

"Why is Brother Zhou Lang going to him again to debate whether this person is good or not."

"Before, it was because I was studying in Jiangdong, not in Jingzhou, but now that I'm back, I'm afraid that he won't succeed."

Someone said, and walked this way.

When everyone saw the excitement, they followed one after another, and more than 20 people were hula at once.

Xiang Lang in the distance is now the magistrate of Linfu County, and today I heard that the teacher Sima Hui came over and asked for temporary leave to greet him, but he didn't expect it to be quite noisy here, and he couldn't help but look over.

I saw a large number of scholars walking towards the group in a menacing manner, so I asked curiously, "What's going on over there?"

There was a student of Song Zhong next to him, named Li Ren, the word Dexian, this time I heard that Sima Hui was coming, and I also wanted to worship him as a teacher to learn ancient Chinese, and when I heard Xiang Lang's words, I smiled and said: "Juda Mo Fei doesn't know if Shen Xiaolang of Jingzhou is famous."

Xiang Lang nodded and said: "It seems that I have heard that I have heard that he is a student of Mr. Zhongzi, and he is already a five-car belly at a young age, even if I am in the middle of frustration, I know his knowledge." ”

Li Ren said: "My junior brother's knowledge is indeed good, but because he is strong in resisting Cao and preaching that he is the enemy of the imperial court, he is not allowed by the Xiangyang scholars. ”

"Enemies of the Imperial Court"

Xiang Lang frowned, this is not a trivial matter, the current atmosphere of Jingzhou Shilin is to persuade Liu Biao to serve the imperial court, and suddenly there is a person who opposes the imperial court, no wonder he is not allowed by the scholars.

Li Ren explained: "It's not that he is an enemy of the imperial court, it's just that he has a blood feud with Cao Cao, so he often counts Cao Cao's faults, saying that he is a traitor around the Son of Heaven, and Liu Yuanjun should try to ask for it, probably because of personal grudges." ”

This is the current thinking of the entire Xiangyang Shilin people, who all think that Shen Chen is at odds with Cao Cao because of personal enmity.

But I don't know that after the incident of the edict in the future, Cao Cao killed the queen, killed the uncle and killed the prince, and coerced the Son of Heaven to expose the true colors of the princes to everyone, and I don't know how many so-called loyal people to the court will be beaten.

"Hmm."

Xiang Lang nodded slightly, and looked over, he wanted to see what Shen Chen had to say.

The one who came to the door was a son of the Nanxin Zhou family, named Zhou An, his younger brother was refuted by Shen Chen last year, when he was visiting Yuan Zhong, Xu Jing, Huan Shao and other celebrities in Jiangdong, and now he is back, he is bound to seek justice for his younger brother.

I saw that Zhou An was about thirty years old, with goat's beard, and walked over with a strong momentum, Shen Chen came out of the crowd and stood in front of Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, and Pang Tong, facing everyone, one person was not afraid.

"You are Shen Chen"

Zhou An came up and questioned.

Shen Chen hung a sword from his waist, dressed in a strong suit, and said: "I am Shen Chen, I don't know what to do."

"Nanxin Zhou'an."

Zhou An arched his hand, which was quite polite, but he quickly said: "I heard that you bewitched the villagers from all over the world, but there is such a thing."

Shen Chen said with a smile: "It's just that the world misunderstands me, the candle flame obscures the light, and the meal is not waiting." Zhou Gong released the call, and there was a good health. The knowledge I teach is the holy words of the sages, how can it be bewitching the Quartet."

There are two misunderstandings in his words, one is that Meng Yanjun's doorman misunderstood that the food given by Meng Yanjun was unfair, Meng Yanjun's self-owned meal was compared with his meal, and the doorman committed suicide in shame.

Another story is that Duke Zhou assisted King Cheng of Zhou in managing state affairs, and some people spread rumors that Duke Zhou was going to usurp the throne, and even Duke Zhou's younger brother Zhao Gong became suspicious, so Duke Zhou and Duke Zhao had a long talk all night to resolve the misunderstanding.

Zhou An saw that he spoke very methodically, so he lost the momentum he had at the beginning, and arched his hand to the north and said: "That is the case, Cao Gong welcomed the Son of Heaven in danger, and he can be described as a minister of the society, why should you make rumors and tarnish his reputation."

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "Whether Cao Cao is a thief or a Han Chen, it has its own public opinion. What's more, everyone in the world can be diligent to the king, he Cao Cao can, I can't do it, the husband is in the troubled times, he should carry a three-foot sword, and set up an immortal honor. Cao Cao is serving the Son of Heaven today, and he is not attacking me in the name of the Son of Heaven, how can I not attack him. The day he bullies the Son of Heaven in the future, it should be the time when I lift my sword and go to Luo to seek justice for the people of the world."

"Hahahahaha."

The crowd erupted in laughter.

Someone ridiculed: "You can also lift a sword to Shangluo"

Shen Chen said coldly: "Hmph, the bird's nest knows the ambition of the bird." I came from Xuzhou, and I saw Cao Cao slaughtering more than 200,000 people, you are afraid that 200,000 living people have never seen it, not to mention 200,000 dead Cao Cao's younger brother Cao Ren, the general Le Jin was stabbed by me, and I fought against the brutal Cao army alone, doesn't this prove that I have the ability to go north to the king?"

The crowd who was still laughing just now was stunned for a moment, and then they remembered that the person in front of them could be regarded as a killing god.

Zhou An frowned and said, "You think that Cao Gong can't support the universe"

"Why could he?"

Shen Chen asked rhetorically.

Zhou An bowed his hand to the north and said: "The Son of Heaven is behind, Cao Gong is in front, and he rules the Quartet with the royal road, isn't it just the gift of the Pawn Division?"

"How can a brutal man afford to govern the country?"

Shen Chen shook his head: "I actually don't understand, is the current morality corrupted to this point, the law that once killed people and the crime of death may have collapsed due to the arrival of troubled times, I can't comment on whether Cao Cao's slaughter of hundreds of thousands of people was right or wrong, but this is not a reason for you to persuade me not to take revenge, is it?"

"Amount"

Zhou An thought for a while, ran out of words for a while, and sighed after a while: "You are right, you have your opinion, we have our opinion, but this does not mean that there is a mistake between us." ”

Shen Chen nodded and said, "You can be regarded as a sensible person. ”

Neither of them convinced the other.

But for those black and white diodes, Zhou An is also a celebrity.

Because two people look at the problem from different angles.

Zhou An believes that Cao Cao welcomes the Son of Heaven, holds great righteousness, and is a minister of Zhongxing, even if there is a stain, he should not criticize it for the sake of the stability of the country.

But Shen Chen and Cao Cao had a personal vendetta, and he thought that Cao Cao was brutal and could not take on the task of being a minister of Zhongxing, so both of them had their own opinions.

It's just that compared to other scholars, this Zhou An is indeed a famous man who has traveled all over the world, and it is already very good to be able to admit that Shen Chen's words are right, so he can be regarded as having won Shen Chen's respect.

Xiang Lang from a distance finished watching this controversy, turned to Li Ren and said: "It seems that this Shen Chen is not as unbearable as everyone says, how can it be wrong to criticize cruelty with benevolence and righteousness?"

Li Ren sighed: "Senior Brother Ah Chen has improved a lot, he didn't have such great ambitions before. It's just that he has been talking about Cao Cao's cruelty, but now he says that he wants to lift the sword to Shangluo, and he has the ambition of a big husband. He often said that knowledge and action are united, but now such bold words and ambitions make me ashamed. ”

"What is the unity of knowledge and action?"

At this time, behind the two of them, someone suddenly asked.

Xiang Lang turned his head, a little unfamiliar at first, but after carefully looking at it for a while, he suddenly said in surprise: "Master"

Behind them was a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, very kind-looking, with a goat's beard on his chin, and wearing an ordinary and simple robe, looking at them with a smile. jujiáy

This person is none other than Sima Hui, a famous man in Yingchuan.

No one expected him to arrive suddenly, and he was already standing in the crowd.

He didn't have anything with him, just a few family members and more than a dozen slaves, holding large bags and small bags in their hands.

This is already the poorest of the celebrities for other celebrities.

However, scholars know that Sima Hui has never been poor, but he has always been so simple, even if there are countless fertile fields and mulberry gardens in Yingchuan, he also works in the fields every day, and never regards himself as a celebrity.

"Master."

"Master."

"Master."

Almost when everyone found out that Sima Hui had arrived, the crowd suddenly called for the teacher one after another.

Although Sima Hui was not from Jingzhou, he had taught a lot of Jingzhou scholars, and there were at least twenty or thirty students who had studied with him before, such as Xiang Lang, Liu Hui and others.

Sima Hui and their students hadn't seen each other for many years, and when they looked around, they sighed when they saw these familiar faces, and said, "I just asked Ciming to help me buy a remote property in Xiangyang to live in, but I didn't expect you all to come." ”

The student's real name is Huang Hui, a member of the Huang family, who studied in Sima Hui in his early years, and has a good relationship with Pang Tong and Xiang Lang, and said with a smile: "Originally, I didn't publicize this matter, but when Juda saw the letter that day, he told Shi Yuan, Shi Yuan informed Wen Qing, and Wen Qing told him."

"Forget it."

Sima Hui had a headache when he heard this, waved his hand and said, "I should have expected it when Shiyuan wrote me a letter. ”

At this time, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Shen Chen and others came over and saluted him: "Shijun is virtuous and virtuous."

"Excuse me.

Sima Hui raised his hands falsely, smiled and motioned for them to get up, and then looked at Pang Tong with a crown on his head, looked at it and praised: "Shiyuan has not seen him for two years, and now he has reached the crown, and he is already an adult." ”

"Shijun praises falsely."

Pang Tong arched his hand again: "Thanks to Shijun's teaching, I can understand the truth of being a man." ”

Sima Hui nodded, then glanced around, noticed Shen Chen in the crowd, and asked curiously: "Xiaoyou, I heard you say that knowledge and action are one, I want to know what the unity of knowledge and action is." ”

Shen Chen stood abruptly and said seriously: "Those who are virtuous and honest, and those who combine knowledge and action are a criterion for conscience and deeds. It's not that you know the unity of knowledge and action, and you have achieved the unity of knowledge and action, but you should have the morality in your heart and try to do it in parallel at the same time. ”

"For example?"

Sima Hui asked.

Shen Chen thought for a moment and said, "For example, I heard that there was a drought in a village in the north, and the people were displaced, and I happened to have ten thousand stones of grain at home, which can help the people. And I knew benevolence and righteousness, and I wanted to practice benevolence and righteousness, so I took out ten thousand stones of food at home to help the victims, and finally countless people were alive. This is to achieve the unity of conscience and action in the heart, which is called the unity of knowledge and action. ”

"Is this the unity of knowledge and action?"

Sima Hui's eyes widened, and he suddenly felt that the young man's thoughts in front of him were as deep as mountains.

Shen Chen arched his hand and said: "Master Dong takes "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith" as a gentleman's model, and everyone in the world also takes this as the criterion. However, in this world, the way of etiquette is broken, and the people of the world are proud of defending the slaughter of the people, and they have completely forgotten that the sages once taught that "the way of the university is in the Ming Mingde, in the people, and in the ultimate good", I am always worried, so I am willing to teach the world what is the unity of knowledge and action with my example. ”

"They all say that you are fighting against Cao Cao, is it true that some people say that you are fighting against Cao Cao and going against the will of the Son of Heaven, do you think this is correct?"

Sima Hui actually listened to half of it, although he didn't know what was going on, but he vaguely learned that Shen Chen was fighting against Cao, and there were also people in the crowd who were talking about it, so he asked curiously.

Shen Chen said seriously: "The so-called "destiny is unusual, but virtue is supplemented". It is not because Cao Cao welcomed the Son of Heaven that everyone thinks that he is good, nor because he welcomed the Son of Heaven and holds the name of righteousness in his hands, people should obey his orders. ”

"The Duke of Zhou and the Marquis of Bo Lu can be praised by the world because they have noble character, and the sages will only love the people and will not be cruel. Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo hold power, but they subvert the country, do people have to listen to them when they hold power?"

"Someone told me that Cao Cao's massacre of hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou may have been done out of necessity, but I have personally experienced this incident and know that he just wanted to deter Tao Gong and plunder grain and grass, isn't this his brutal nature?"

"Poisonous snakes will disguise themselves as dead wood in order to hunt prey, but no matter how well they are disguised, they can't hide the fact that they are poisonous snakes, so I never think that Cao Cao is a courtier who can assist a good king, and he is now dormant just for the sake of seizing more power for the sake of his day, I believe that time will prove that what I said will not be wrong."

These words made countless scholars around them begin to think about it, they actually felt that Shen Chen's words were very reasonable, and they were unconsciously persuaded by him.

Sima Hui sighed: "I used to think that Shiyuan was already the top celebrity in Nanzhou, but when I saw Xiaoyou today, I realized that I was short-sighted. Even a teenager has such a thorough truth, but I have thought about it for many years before I understand that I am not as good as you. ”

The crowd was in an uproar, you must know that there are many Sima Hui's students here, but Sima Hui said that he was not as good as Shen Chen, which made the surrounding scholars and students feel ashamed and surprised for a while.

Shen Chen arched his hand and said: "Gong Falsehood praises, it's just because I often think about the truth of being a human being." ”

Sima Hui looked at him with great sincerity on his face, and invited Shen Chen to say: "I just arrived in Xiangyang today, and I still need to settle down, and when I move into the house, I hope that in the future, Xiaoyou can often come to my house, talk freely, and solve my doubts." ”

These words suddenly shocked the crowd again, and the great Confucian scholar Sima Hui actually invited a teenager to solve his puzzles, which simply made so many scholars around him die of shame.

Shen Chen said: "It's not enough to solve doubts, the principles of the sages are all in the book, and everyone's interpretation is different." It's just that for most people, the life they yearn for is different from mine, so the ideas they generate are very different from mine. ”

"What's the difference?"

Sima Hui asked, feeling more and more that the young man in front of him seemed to be full of treasures, making Confucian scholars like them who were chasing the truth feel as if the truth was right in front of them.

Shen Chen said: "Some people think that "if you are good at your own body, why should you be immortal through the ages", some people think that my generation should be "Kuangjun auxiliary lord and serve the country", and some people feel that "you die of ignorance and die with the grass and trees; To be born for enlightenment is to live forever". However, I feel that in addition to the country and myself, we must also have the heart of a master who helps the world, like a master, raising his head to embrace the universe and bowing his head to comfort the people. ”

"It's easier said than done."

Someone said, "In this world, it is already so devastated, you want to help the people, what is the use of just talking?"

Shen Chen said with a smile: "Look at the shortcomings of people, there is no one in the world to make friends with; Look at the length of people, everything in the world is the teacher of our generation. There is a way to everything, but you haven't found the direction, and what I want to do, as I said, the unity of knowledge and action, is to find a way to help all people, at least I have walked on this path, and you, but you don't even have this heart, don't you feel ashamed?"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd was suddenly surprised.

There was a lot of talk.

"He doesn't seem to be right, people want to help people, but we don't even dare to think about it"

"Although I want to say a lot of nonsense, I don't know why, I think his words are the truth, and what we learned before was just knowledge in books, and it didn't let us learn the true meaning of being a human being at all."

"Brother Lang, I even want to worship under him"

"I think that way too"

The scholars only felt that Shen Chen's words were as deep as the sea and as high as the mountains, as if there was an endless truth, which made them feel enlightened.

In an instant, the original misunderstanding of Shen Chen also changed many people's minds.

Sima Hui sighed: "Xiaoyou's words are thought-provoking, if one day it is true as you said, you have achieved the unity of knowledge and action to help all people, then you will be a model for the world." ”

"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.