With the rise of the heroes, Luoyang's royal spirit as the imperial capital was lost, and the cohesion became worse and worse. Originally, there were countless politicians, businessmen, workers, scholars, travelers, and slaves from all over the world, and these foreign sojourners came to Luoyang to enjoy prosperity and pursue fame and fortune, but they did not want to share hardships. The Xiongnu expanded rapidly, and who knows how long the imperial court could resist it? The envoys of the various states have returned, and all kinds of other wanderers are also thinking of fleeing.

In a large camp in the north of Ruyin City, loud trumpets and radical war drums were heard from time to time, and the sonorous shouts that followed were uniform. Troop training and preparations for war are in full swing.

Shu Yan inspected the training circle, came out of the camp, came to a willow forest not far from the camp on the side of the road, and transcribed a copy of the prescription for infertility treatment passed on by Gonggong Xie and handed it to Biyu.

Bi Yu was talking with Zuo and Feng Ergongzi, and when he saw Shu Yan handing him a piece of paper, he thought it was some official business, so he frowned and said, "Qing Tan doesn't talk about official business." Can there be anything important, can't you go back to the office? ”

For this attitude, Shu Yan was not surprised, and said coldly: "It was the one who asked me to transfer it to the eldest princess, and I bother you to bring it back." Because there are other people here, Shu Yan is not good at coming up with specific reasons.

Biyu understood it, and without asking any questions, it was handed over to Aji. Seeing that Shu Yan was leaving, he suddenly stopped him and said, "Let's go slowly." ”

Shu Yan turned around: "What's the matter?" ”

"Oh, nothing else, I just want to tell you to hurry up the training of the troops."

What, the sun is coming out of the west today? How could this pink-faced Taishou actually take the initiative to care about serious things. Shu Yan felt a hint of relief inexplicably.

Zuo Gongzi also felt inexplicable, and after Shu Yan left, he said to Yu: "This training ground has been around for some time, and I have never seen Brother Yu care, what's wrong with it now?" ”

Feng Gongzi sighed to Zuo Gongzi: "Brother Biyu is in the official career after all, and he is different from the two of us after all." Then he turned to Biyu Dao: "Brother Biyu is the head of a county, and at this very moment, it is necessary to pay attention to military training. Why don't we accompany you to the scene to observe? Hearing is false, seeing is believing. You can only feel more at ease if you see everything in person. ”

Biyu's head shook like a rattle: "You don't have to go to the scene." A gathering place for a group of reckless people, what is there to see! ”

"Since Brother Biyu doesn't care, why do you want to urge them to hurry up?"

"Hurry up and form an army and get the approval of the imperial court as soon as possible - don't you see that the other county guards around you, including your Runan Taishou, have been added to the rank of general?"

Oh, now the two sons understand, it turns out that Biyu wants to ask for the title of a general.

"Brother Biyu has become a Taishou, he is already young and promising, but he still wants to add icing on the cake, which is really embarrassing for the two of us!"

Feng and Zuo thought that Biyu's move was contrary to the true temperament of the celebrities, so this remark obviously had the meaning of explicit irony.

Of course, Biyu could hear it, and said with a little embarrassment: "The two brothers must think that I am vulgar, but in fact, I have no choice but to do so." My father had been anxious about this matter for a long time, and when the army on my side was generally in shape, he would ask the court for the title of general for me. ”

Feng and Zuo also understand that today's local states and counties are all armed with their own weapons. The county guards all add the general number, and the state pastor adds the word 'big' to become a general. If the county guard does not have the rank of general, he will be ashamed and will be looked down upon in the county guard circle. They knew that Biyu was unwilling to pay attention to his career, but because of the current situation, there was no way.

The three sons continue to explore the ethereal mysteries. The topic of discussion today is sophistry. Sophistry is a bit out of Lao Zhuang's orthodox metaphysics, but it is the strength of Zhuangzi and Huizi. Keiko and Zhuangzi were both good friends and old rivals, and they were also a pair of debaters who have been passed down through the ages and were the top debaters of the time. The two often engage in some high-level and difficult debates, such as the most famous "Zi Fei Fish, Anzhi Fish's Pleasure?" and so on. The book "Zhuangzi" makes a lot of references to Keizi and his thoughts. Yes, if you want to study Zhuangzi, you can't bypass Keiko and the sophistry that the two of them are good at. During the Warring States period in which they lived, the level of sophistry had reached an astonishing height, and the content of the debate was extremely rich. Low-level content such as: Mountains are as flat as swamps; Chickens have three legs; Horses lay eggs; The fire is not hot; Turtles are longer than snakes; White dog black; One foot of wood, half of it every day, inexhaustible. These are quite popular, at least tangible. But at the high level, it's too abstract. For example: all things are born and die; Today is the past; There is poverty and infinity in the South; The central part of the country is located in the north of the Yan country and the south of the Yue country......

The three sons are naturally proficient in sophistry, and they each unfold their words, seeing that they have seen a big scene in Luoyang City, plus he has quite a lot of resources in this area, and gradually has the upper hand. The debate arena, like the martial arts arena and the poetry arena, must also be distinguished, and if the superiority is revealed, the winner will win respect and even be sought after. As the debate came to an end, Biyu was proud of the winner, while the two sons of Zuo and Feng were willing to bow down.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a subordinate in the Shi Mansion bring an unkempt and blood-stained man. When Zuo and Feng Ergongzi saw it, they were shocked. Biyu glanced at it, frowned, and blamed him in disgust: "Who brought it here!" ”

The servant hurriedly replied: "It's urgent, I really have to disturb Gongzi's Yaxing." This person was sent by the old master of Luoyang. ”

Biyu didn't take a second look at this dirty, smelly and bloody person, but when he heard the servant like this, he took a closer look at the person and recognized it, and sure enough, it was Huang San, who was his father's side, and couldn't help but ask, "How did you end up in such a situation?" ”

Huang San cried loudly, knelt down on the ground with a "plop" and said: "Childe, people are dying!" ”

"What the hell is going on?" Biyu couldn't help but be a little panicked.

"Eighteen boxes of jewels, all of which were snatched by thieves, and our people killed them."

Biyu was puzzled to hear it: "Where did you get any jewelry, and who did you kill?" You take it slowly and clearly. ”

The man stabilized his emotions, and the matter was clear.

It turned out that Shi Hui had already seen the current situation, and there was already a great chaos, and rebel forces were surging in various places. I am afraid that the imperial court will not be able to turn the tide. Whether it was a rebellion by the Xiongnu or a rebellion by the Chinese, the biggest target must be directed at the Jin court. Other places may be safe for a while, but Luoyang must bear the brunt of the disaster. Although he saw the crisis, Shi Hui, as a giant of the imperial court, whether it was out of official responsibility or out of the plan to lay the foundation for the descendants of the Shi family, he could not choose to retire from the country and his family to save his life.

Shi Hui has been in Luoyang for most of his life, and he has accumulated huge wealth through official and marry, corruption and bribery, industrial and commercial property. With today's situation, there is a great risk for these huge wealth to be deposited in Luoyang. Sacrifice one's life without giving up one's wealth, and although a man cannot run, he cannot lose one's wealth. He exchanged all the money and silk items for valuable gold and jewelry, packed eighteen full boxes, and sent them back to his hometown in Ruyin for safekeeping. Now that the eldest princess of Yong'an is in charge of Ruyin's family affairs, he is very relieved to send it there.

With so much jewelry, you can't be sloppy on the road, and you have to escort it safely. He ordered the jewels to be loaded into several carts, which were covered with raw silk cloth, and dozens of brave men were selected from hundreds of servants, hidden swords, led by his henchman Huang San, disguised as merchants selling silk cloth, and Xiaoxing stayed overnight and marched to Ruyin.

In Shi Hui's view, such protective measures can be described as foolproof. At the beginning of the road, I did encounter a few groups of thieves, but all of them were killed by these healthy servants. If all of them are simple thieves who block the road and rob, of course, there is nothing to be afraid of, but now there is a big chaos, in addition to countless thieves, those who gather people to revolt are also surging. These rebel forces needed a large amount of military salaries, but they were not supported by taxes, so they had to try to raise money in black and white, and robbing the rich merchants was one of the ways. When Huang Sanyi and his entourage walked to the boundary of Yingchuan, they met such a group of people. Since it is an anti-thief who has risen up from the pole, its armed force is of course not at the same level as the thief who simply fights and intercepts the way. The servants of the Shi family couldn't resist, most of them were killed, and all the treasures were plundered, only Huang San and three or five people broke free.

Huang San was shocked and frightened, he should have gone back to report to the head of the family, but this place is far away from Luoyang, but it is closer to Ruyin, and the young master of his own family is Ruyin Taishou, if he uses the power of the official family to regain these treasures, there may be a glimmer of hope, so he rushed to Ruyin first.

Who knew that after listening to Huang Sanyi's sad and angry cry with snot and tears, Biyu dispelled the nervous mood just now, and said very calmly: "Okay, okay." I thought that what was the matter, you should go back to the house first, ask the doctor to see the injury, and rest well. ”

Huang San thought that Biyu made such words in order to comfort and sympathize with himself, and said with a fever in his heart: "It doesn't matter if a person is a humble person, the son should find a way to arrest the thief as soon as possible and take the family property as soon as possible." ”

Unexpectedly, Biyu didn't care at all: "Ah block, outside the body, lose it or not, what does it matter!" ”

Huang San didn't understand too much, and repeated: "I also ask Gongzi to send a document to the Yingchuan County Guard, asking him to assist in sending troops to exterminate the bandits and recapture the property as soon as possible." ”

"That Yingchuan is too vulgar to the extreme, if he is not one of my fellow Daoists, how can I bow down to him because of those eighteen boxes of external objects!"

Huang San understood what Biyu meant this time, and was anxious and angry: "That's your Ah Weng's decades of hard work, half of the Shi family's belongings, are you so indifferent and so willing to abandon it?" ”

In the face of Huang San's persecution, Biyu tilted his head and turned to Aji: "I'm not interested in money. Don't he know? ”

For such a ridiculous behavior as Biyu, Aji has nothing to do. could only smile helplessly at Huang Sanbao, and then asked him to go back to the mansion to rest and recuperate from his injuries. But Huang San was half angry with Biyu at this time, where did he still have the heart to rest, so he turned his head in anger and ran back to Luoyang.

Biyu seemed to have nothing to do, and talked freely about nothingness with Zuo and Feng as usual. Zuo and Feng knew that Biyu was open-minded, but they didn't expect that they were already open-minded to this point, and they were also surprised, and of course they were even more admired.

I didn't realize that the sun was already slanting to the west, and suddenly I saw a monk walking on the road, bald head and bare feet, deep eyes and big eyes, dark skin, wearing a hundred short clothes, sleeves did not cover the arms, and the robe was not up to the ankles. Hu monks are commonplace in a metropolis like Luoyang, but they are rare in places like Ruyin. The arrival of this monk is a strange scenery, which attracts passers-by. Even the two sons, Zuo and Feng, felt fresh.

"Look, there's a monk here."

Biyu was used to seeing Hu Seng in Luoyang, and in order to show that he was well-informed, so as to laugh at how rare and strange the two of them were, he deliberately didn't even pick his eyelids: "Hu Seng is only, what's the big surprise." ”

The monk didn't look barefoot, but he walked like a fly, walking faster than a normal person wearing shoes. Xu Xuan walked to the edge of the willow forest, glanced at this side intentionally or unintentionally, immediately stopped, and shouted loudly: "Shi Gongzi, is it really you?" ”

When Biyu heard the call to herself, she was very surprised, looked up at the side of the road, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Gamodhu? ”

Gamo Du confirmed that it was Biyu, just like a lost fishing boat in the sea when it saw the healing tower, he was overjoyed, and immediately ran over: "Shi Gongzi, don't come to harm, right?" ”

"Unharmed, unharmed." Seeing that Gamo Du had abandoned the decent attire he had had in Luoyang and had returned to his original appearance as an ascetic, Biyu asked in some surprise, "The master has always lived in Luoyang for a long time, why did he come to my Ruyin?" ”

The reason why Gamodu left Luoyang was that Luoyang was the place where the son was, and it was the primary target of the Xiongnu Rao, and he felt that he was in danger and should not stay for a long time; The second is that there are too many monks in Luoyang, and they seem to be insignificant. The Dharma is supposed to be spread far and wide, and since it is not a big thing to stay here, it is better to go to another place and open up a new place. However, Luoyang has a lot of roots thanks to the efforts of our ancestors over the years, but other places are likely to need to start from scratch, and it is not easy to spread the Dharma without a foundation and without recognition. Because he had a good conversation with Biyu when he was in Luoyang, and knew that Biyu returned to Ruyin to be a county guard, and he was somewhat interested in Buddhism, if he could rely on Biyu, he would have a big foundation, so he went to Ruyin to join Biyu. He has been in Luoyang for a long time, and he has been influenced by the etiquette of Chinese secular civilization, and for a period of time, he has also paid attention to his appearance, and he is no longer the rough appearance when he first came to the Central Plains. But as soon as I got out of Luoyang City, I was less bound by civilized etiquette, and I traveled thousands of miles, so I simply changed back to my original appearance, feeling more comfortable and comfortable. Although he came specifically to Biyu, of course he wouldn't tell the truth, but laughed, and pretended to say: "The poor monk has been living in Luoyang for twenty years, and even if it is prosperous, he feels tired. China has a vast territory with countless rivers and mountains. If you don't appreciate the cultural features of other places, won't you come to the city in vain? That's why I wanted to travel around; In addition, although the court is regarded as a holy state and has a large population, it is all suffering from the rush of the world, bustling with people coming and going for profit, and they are confused and stupid, and they do not know the reason, so it is my responsibility to popularize the Dharma of my supreme merit and guide the common people to the way to solve the suffering of all sentient beings. ”

The first half of this speech is okay, but the second half is a bit contrived, and the style is too high. Biyu's face was indifferent, and Zuo and Feng Ergongzi didn't know how to speak.

Zuo Gongzi had never been in contact with Buddhism, he only wondered why Biyu could be so familiar with such a ragged monk, and asked: "Seeing that the two of you are very happy to see each other, it must be an old acquaintance in Luoyang?" ”